TOPSHOT – An aerial image taken on June 30, 2024 exhibits the A9 motorway A9 partially flooded close to Sierre, western Switzerland.
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Ferocious storms and torrential rain that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left seven individuals lifeless, native authorities stated on Sunday.
Three individuals of their 70s and 80s died in France’s northeastern Aube area on Saturday when a tree crushed the automotive they had been travelling in throughout fierce winds. A fourth passenger was in essential care.
In neighbouring Switzerland, 4 individuals have died and one other is lacking.
Three had been killed after torrential rains triggered a landslide within the southeast, police within the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino stated.
A person was additionally discovered lifeless in a lodge in Saas-Grun within the southwest canton of Valais, police stated, including that he was in all probability taken unexpectedly by a sudden fast rise in floodwater.
Another man can also be lacking in Valais, police stated.
The civil safety providers stated “several hundred” folks had been evacuated in Valais and roads closed after the Rhone and its tributaries overflowed in several places.
Emergency providers had been assessing the easiest way to evacuate 300 individuals who had arrived for a soccer event in Peccia, whereas virtually 70 extra had been being evacuated from a vacation camp within the village of Mogno.
In northern Italy’s Aosta Valley, web customers shared photos of spectacular floods and swollen rivers dashing down mountain slopes.
Source: www.thehindu.com
