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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - An aerial picture taken on June 30, 2024 shows a road flooded near Sierre, western Switzerland. Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left five people dead, local authorities said today. — AFP pic
BERN, June 30 — Four people died and two were missing in Switzerland today after violent thunderstorms and melting snow caused flooding and landslides in two southern cantons, police said.
Three of the victims were killed early today in a landslide in the remote Maggia valley, in the Italian-speaking Alpine canton of Ticino, police said in a statement.
The three bodies were recovered in the Fontana area of the Maggia valley and they were currently being identified, while another person was missing in the Lavizzara side-arm of the valley, Ticino authorities said.
A bridge downstream of the disaster area in the Maggia valley was submerged, complicating rescue efforts, they added.
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One camp site in the valley has been evacuated by helicopter and 300 people at a local soccer tournament would soon also be evacuated by helicopter, police said.
In the southwestern Swiss canton of Valais, police said a man was found dead in a hotel in the Alpine town of Saas-Grund. Police said he was likely surprised by flooding as melting snow compounded violent thunderstorms.
They added that another man was missing in another region in the Valais canton. — Reuters
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