Massive rockfall: Swiss mountain village of Brienz narrowly missed (News 2024, by Michael Buholzer) - Swiss Press Award
Michael Buholzer
Die Gesteinsmassen verschütteten eine Strasse.
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3rd place
Photo / News
2024
Michael Buholzer
In spring, an imminent rockslide was threatening the village of Brienz, which lies near the tourist resort of Lenzerheide (GR). The village was evacuated, and on 16th June the moment arrived: 2.1 million cubic metres of debris suddenly detached from the huge, slow-creeping land mass. The rock deluge barely missed the settlement and buried a road. Brienz was already the site of a previous landslide, in 1877.
