A Swiss village has survived being buried beneath an enormous rock slide by the narrowest of margins.

Brienz, within the southeastern Graubuenden area of Switzerland, was evacuated early final month after geologists warned that the Alpine rock looming over the village may break free.

The giant mass of rock lastly slid down the mountainside in a single day on Thursday - however stopped simply wanting the settlement.

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Dramatic footage present how the boulders stopped in entrance of a college constructing.

But the village stays in peril, with consultants warning rock actions are accelerating.

Authorities stepped the alert degree up, closing some roads and a railway line and evacuating two homes within the neighbouring village of Surava.

The falls got here only a week after some residents of Brienz have been allowed again into their homes to choose up important gadgets.

They have been solely allowed to remain for 90 minutes - and no in a single day keep is allowed.

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