2024-06-30 20:36:49
Storms in southern Switzerland triggered a landslide that killed two individuals and left one other particular person lacking, native police mentioned in the present day, as quoted by the Related Press. The company notes that the catastrophe additionally led to the collapse of a bridge over a small river, writes BTA.
Storms and heavy rain lashed southern and western Switzerland yesterday and in a single day, with the worst-hit areas within the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, on the southern slopes of the Alps.
Police mentioned in a press release that there was a big landslide within the Fontana space of the Maggia Valley, which is close to town of Locarno. The assertion additionally mentioned that the our bodies of two individuals who have been recognized have been discovered and rescuers are on the lookout for another one that is lacking.
The vacationer camps alongside the Maja River have been evacuated, and part of the small Vistula highway bridge has collapsed. Three different valleys within the space are minimize off from the world due to blocked roads. Additional north, the Rhône has burst its banks in a number of locations within the canton of Valais, flooding a freeway and a railway line.