Swiss villagers readying to evacuate after Alpine rockslide alert

GENEVA, Switzerland: Residents of a small Swiss village in eastern Switzerland have been alerted to prepare for evacuation due to an impending rockslide from the nearby Alps.

Local authorities issued the warning on November 9, marking the second such alert in less than a year for Brienz, a centuries-old village perched in the Graubuenden region southwest of Davos.

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