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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Y. Hernán Muñoz

Another Swiss beauty spot could be buried under rubble – here’s why

Cows are grazing in a pasture at the Allmenalp lookout point above the Kandersteg Valley in Kandersteg, Switzerland - (AP)

A catastrophe looms over a quiet Swiss village, in the form of a landslide that could destroy everything in its path.

The unstable mountain rock formation looming above Kandersteg threatens a landslide that could rival the disaster that destroyed nearby Blatten last year. The collapse has been linked to thawing permafrost and glacier dynamics.

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