土砂災害を寸前回避の村、住人帰還へ　スイス

【ジュネーブＡＦＰ＝時事】スイス東部で先月起きた大規模な土砂崩れが集落の寸前で止まったため被災を免れたブリエンツ村で３日、安全宣言が出された。（写真はスイス東部ブリエンツ村で発生した土砂崩れ）
　村は、グラウビュンデン州のスキーリゾート、ダボス近郊に位置する。村を見下ろすインゼル山で土砂災害の危険が高まり、８４人の住人全員は５月に退避した。その後、６月１５日夜から１６日にかけて約１５０万立方メートルの土砂が崩落。しかし、厚さ１メートルの土砂は学校の寸前で止まり、村は難を逃れた。
　地元当局は「避難から５２日、災害発生から１８日が経過し、日常生活の再開が可能」になったとしている。上空の飛行禁止措置も４日に解除される。
　ただ村の北側一帯は現在も立ち入り禁止で、足を踏み入れた場合、５０００スイス・フラン（約８０万円）以下の罰金が科される。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/04-16:49）

Authorities said Monday that inhabitants of a small Swiss village, which narrowly escaped being wiped off the map when part of the mountain towering above it collapsed, are now safe to return home.
The village of Brienz, near the plush ski resort of Davos in the eastern Graubunden canton, was emptied of its 84 inhabitants in May after the authorities said the Insel peak had become unstable.
A whole section of the mountain collapsed during the night of June 15 to 16, sending around 1.5 million cubic metres of rock crashing down in the darkness, stopping right at the edge of the village.
A metre-high wall of mud and rock came to a halt just in front of the school.
52 days after the evacuation and 18 days after the big landslide, daily life can resume its course in Brienz, the municipal authorities said in a statement Monday.
The village is now safe again, they said.
An area to the north of Brienz is still off limits though, and anyone who wanders into the zone can be fined up to 5,000 Swiss francs ($5,580).
The overhead airspace ban will be lifted on Tuesday.
The mountain is still being monitored by an early warning system and were it to become unstable again, the villagers and their livestock could be evacuated once more.
The terrace on which Brienz is located is also on the move, having shifted a few centimetres per year over the last century. The slide has sharply accelerated over the past 20 years.
To slow the process down, a tunnel was dug under the village in 2021. It should drain the water and slow down the slide.