Swiss village narrowly avoids disaster as massive rockfall misses by a hair.

A massive rockfall just missed the evacuated village of Brienz in Switzerland, with millions of cubic metres of rock thundering down and blocking roads. The entire village of 70 people was evacuated in mid-May when geologists warned of an imminent rockfall. The mountain above Brienz has no permafrost, but this spring's unusually heavy rain, linked to global warming, was a factor in the evacuation order. Geologists warn that mountain areas can expect more rockslides as the climate changes. There is up to a million cubic metres of loose rock still on the mountain above, and the wait to go home continues for the population of Brienz.