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(ANSA) – GENEVA, JUNE 30 – In Switzerland, a number of individuals are lacking within the canton of Ticino attributable to floods, landslides and mudslides attributable to torrential rains which have hit a lot of the confederation since yesterday, based on the cantonal police. Violent storms “have brought on a landslide within the Fontana space (within the north-west of the Italian-speaking canton) and a number of other individuals are lacking”, writes the Ticino police in an announcement, with out offering numbers. Rescue efforts, the assertion provides, are notably advanced as a result of climate situations. A warning to the inhabitants advises in opposition to approaching the Maggia river, which is flooding. However even in western Switzerland, the storms have prompted the authorities to evacuate numerous places within the canton of Valais as a result of flooding of the Rhone and its tributaries, particularly in Rarogne, Gampel, Chippis and Sierre, the Valais civil safety company experiences. And in addition in Zermatt, in the identical canton, the Vispa river has flooded, invading the roads that result in the well-known vacationer resort on the foot of the Matterhorn. Rail site visitors within the Valais can be slowing down and present process adjustments. (ANSA).
2024-07-01 09:00:40