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The Calancastraße in Graubünden: buried at 150 meters
Photo: GRISONS CANTON POLICE
Several villages in southern Switzerland are inaccessible after a rock fall.
According to media reports, the Calancastraße in the canton of Graubünden is buried over a length of 150 meters.
According to initial reports, no one was injured.
Hundreds of people are currently cut off from the outside world.
According to a police report, the rockfall happened early Sunday morning.
According to this, a resident in the village of Buseno reported a loud bang, and the fire brigade and police responded.
The emergency services found a badly damaged and buried road that, according to the police, can neither be walked nor driven on.
Images showed large boulders covering the entire roadway.
The Graubündner civil engineering office said it would only be informed about the condition of the road again on Tuesday.
It is therefore unclear how long the clean-up work will take.
A geologist was also called in to assess the condition of the road.
Danger of avalanches due to large amounts of fresh snow
In southern Switzerland, there is also a significant risk of avalanches due to large amounts of fresh snow.
According to the MeteoSwiss weather service, half a meter of snow fell on the southern side of the Alps within 24 hours over the weekend.
Photos from Sunday afternoon, which the federal weather service distributed via Twitter, showed a completely snow-covered Cozzera in Ticino (1300 m above sea level).
Several Swiss passes are currently closed due to the heavy snowfall.
On Monday, the weather service warned of a pronounced risk of ice, especially in the south-east of the country.
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