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| Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border | Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border |
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| Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said. | Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said. |
| Around 100 people were evacuated from the village of Bondo yesterday. | |
| Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police in Graubuenden canton said some buildings were damaged. | Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police in Graubuenden canton said some buildings were damaged. |
| Police said they haven't yet been able to reach eight people who were in the Bondasca valley at the time of the slide — nationals of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. | Police said they haven't yet been able to reach eight people who were in the Bondasca valley at the time of the slide — nationals of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. |
| Six of those people have been reported missing by relatives, prompting an "intensified" search overnight. | |
| A Swiss army helicopter was deployed as part of the search. | A Swiss army helicopter was deployed as part of the search. |
| An emergency warning system was set up in the village after a massive landslide in 2012. | An emergency warning system was set up in the village after a massive landslide in 2012. |