Floods And Landslides In Switzerland, Four Killed, 2 Missing People

ILLUSTRATION OF UNSPLASH/Ticino Switzerland/Johannes Mundle

JAKARTA - Four people died and two disappeared due to floods and landslides in two southern regions, Switzerland. Floods reportedly occurred due to mountain snow melting after a severe storm.

Three people were reportedly killed in a remote Maggia valley, in the Ticino region, Switzerland, Sunday, June 30.

Reported by Reuters on Monday, July 1, the three bodies were found in the Fontana area in the Maggia valley. While one other person disappeared on the side of the Lavizzara valley.

Evacuation is difficult because the bridge in Maggia is submerged. Meanwhile, people at the camp were immediately evacuated by helicopter.

In the Valais area, police reported that a man was found dead in a hotel in Saas-Grund, the Alps. Police said he may have been shocked by the floods due to the melting snow coupled with a powerful thunderstorm. It was also reported that another man was missing in this area.

Floods and landslides also hit neighboring Italy, where about 200 people had to be evacuated by helicopter from their home in Cogne in Valle d'Aosta.

The governor of the Renzo Testolin region said 120 other people were evacuated from the Alps villages in the neighboring region after heavy rains, the Italian news agency reported.