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Mountains are under special surveillance in the Val d’Anniviers, southwestern Switzerland, where the “Fios fault” has reached a length of 300 metres and is growing at 2-4 millimetres a day. Various interventions are underway to prepare for the most catastrophic of scenarios: the collapse of 500,000 cubic metres of material in the valley, where the village of Chippis is located.
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