Swiss authorities have ordered residents to abandon a tiny mountain village in the eastern canton of Graubunden because of fears it could soon be buried beneath a collapsing mountainside. A thick coat of fog covered the mountaintop overlooking the village of Brienz on Thursday, where vegetation has been replaced by a slope of mud and rocks. An overview of the village of Brienz and its church in front of the zone of rockslide, Switzerland, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Farm workers could be seen loading cows onto a truck and driving it out of the nearly deserted village. Some areas were cordoned off, with yellow warning signs in five languages that read: "Attention rockfall." Local authorities say Brienz is at risk because 2 million cubic metres (2.6 million cubic yards...
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