Landslide sent mud, rocks and dirt flooding into village of Bondo, near Italian border, and forced evacuation of about 100 peopleAt least eight hikers, including German, Austrian and Swiss citizens, are missing following a landslide that forced the evacuation of a village in the Swiss Alps, police have said. “In the region of Val Bondasca, eight people who were there at the time of the landslide have not been found,” the Graubünden cantonal police said. The landslide on Wednesday morning sent an estimated 4m cubic metres of mud, rocks and dirt flooding into the village of Bondo near the Italian border. Six of the eight were reported missing by their relatives, police said, adding that the search had intensified overnight, with a Swiss army helicopter taking part. Further loss of life was prevented thanks to an automated warning system that was installed in Bondo after another large landslide in 2012.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2017 09:53 UTC