Lucky escape for village as massive rockslide just misses it

A helicopter flies over the rockfall above the village of Brienz in Switzerland (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

A large mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, authorities said on Friday.

Brienz, in the south-eastern Graubuenden region of Switzerland, was evacuated on May 12 after geology experts warned that the Alpine rock looming over the village could break loose.