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.
The residents of the remote mountain village of Bondo in the Val Badosca in canton Graubünden must remain patient before returning to their homes. Experts told Swiss public television, SRF, on Sunday that the dangers of further rock- and mudslides are too great. Cantonal and federal specialists warn that another million cubic meters of rock from the Piz Cengalo are slowly moving and that a massive rockfall is possible.

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