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Second village evacuated in Swiss rockslide valley
SWI   01 September 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The latest landslide has also cut off electricity and road links (Keystone)
<p>Heavy overnight storms unleashed further landslides in the Val Badosca, forcing residents of a second village to evacuate in canton Graub&uuml;nden. Eight hikers are still missing, presumed dead, following a massive rockslide that fell on Bondo village, ...
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Experts warn Bondo landslide danger may not be over
SWI   28 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The mountain village of Bondo in the Val Badosca in canton Graubünden was hit by a huge rock and mudslide on August 23 that began high on the 3,369-metre Piz Cengalo mountain (Keystone)
<p>Geologists say the Piz Cengalo mountain on the Swiss-Italian border, which collapsed last week causing a huge landslide in the Swiss village of Bondo, remains unstable. The dangers are preventing locals from returning and are hindering the clean-up operation. ...
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Search continues for missing hikers after landslide
SWI   25 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The landslide stopped just short of Bondo (Keystone)
<p>Rescue services resumed their search for eight missing hikers on Friday following a massive landslide in a remote valley in canton Graub&uuml;nden.<br />Rescuers are using a helicopter, dogs, thermal imaging and mobile phone location devices to look for ...
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Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border
The Independent   24 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
A view of a landslide and the village Bondo in Graubuenden in southeast Switzerland EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER
<p>Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said.</p> <p>One hundred people were evacuated from Bondo yesterday.</p> <p>Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police ...
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