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| Switzerland landslide: Eight missing in Val Bondasca region | Switzerland landslide: Eight missing in Val Bondasca region |
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| Eight people are missing following a landslide in an alpine valley in south-eastern Switzerland, police say. | Eight people are missing following a landslide in an alpine valley in south-eastern Switzerland, police say. |
| The landslide on Wednesday forced the evacuation of a village in the Val Bondasca region, officials said. | |
| German, Austrian and Swiss citizens are among those missing, Graubünden cantonal police said in a statement. | German, Austrian and Swiss citizens are among those missing, Graubünden cantonal police said in a statement. |
| Pictures from the scene show rocks and debris scattered across roads. A helicopter is helping in the search and rescue operation, Swiss media report. | Pictures from the scene show rocks and debris scattered across roads. A helicopter is helping in the search and rescue operation, Swiss media report. |
| The landslide happened at about 09:30 local time (07:30 GMT) on Wednesday when boulders and earth cascaded down the side of the Piz Cengalo mountain, the Engadiner Post newspaper reported. | The landslide happened at about 09:30 local time (07:30 GMT) on Wednesday when boulders and earth cascaded down the side of the Piz Cengalo mountain, the Engadiner Post newspaper reported. |
| The village of Bondo, near the Italian border, was among hamlets in the path of the debris and about 100 people from there were evacuated, it said. Several farm buildings were destroyed and pictures show the flow has engulfed homes and destroyed roads. | |
| Residents, who fled after alarms sounded in the village, are not allowed to return until further notice, the report added. | |
| Hikers staying in mountain huts were airlifted to safety. | Hikers staying in mountain huts were airlifted to safety. |
| Police said that despite searches eight people were unaccounted for, six of whom had been reported missing by relatives. | Police said that despite searches eight people were unaccounted for, six of whom had been reported missing by relatives. |
| Geologists have warned that further landslides in the remote area cannot be ruled out. | |
| The alarm system in Bondo was installed after a huge landslide on the slopes of Piz Cengalo in 2012 which crashed into an uninhabited valley. | |
| In 2014 a mudslide in Davesco-Soragno in the southern Canton of Ticino swept into a block of flats, killing two people and injuring four others. | |
| In 2000, 13 people died when a landslide struck villages in the canton of Valais. |