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The rock that threatens the village (Swiss Press Local 2021, by Christine Widmer) - Swiss Press Award

Regionaljournal Bern Freiburg Wallis, Radio SRF 1

Local
2021

Christine Widmer

High above Kandersteg towers the "Spitze Stei": a rocky area that is increasingly slipping. A total of 20 million cubic meters of rock are in motion – many times the amount of the severe weather disaster in Gondo in 2000. The village in the Bernese Oberland is threatened, but its residents are resisting the measures designed to protect Kandersteg and its people.

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