Latest news Number of storm-related fatalities in Switzerland rises to four
Destroyed bridge near Visletto in the Maggia Valley.
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This is how Saas-Grund looked on Sunday.
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Destroyed bridge near Visletto in the Maggia Valley.
Image: Keystone
This is how Saas-Grund looked on Sunday.
Image: Keystone
The storms in Switzerland on Saturday and Sunday night claimed the lives of at least four people. Three people died in Ticino and one in the canton of Valais.
30.06.2024, 14:26
30.06.2024, 14:55
SDA
As the Ticino cantonal police announced on Sunday afternoon, emergency services found a third body during the course of the day in Val Bavona, a side valley of the Maggia Valley. Two bodies had already been found there following a landslide. A person is still missing near Lavizzara in the Maggia Valley.
The cantonal command staff of the canton of Valais also announced earlier on Sunday afternoon that one person had died in Saas-Grund VS as a result of the storms. Another is missing in the Binntal valley.
According to the Valais cantonal police, the victim from Saas-Grund was discovered in a hotel. This was after the man had been reported missing by his partner. Initial investigations revealed that the man was presumably surprised by the masses of water. The formal identification of the man is underway.
The man missing in the Binntal valley is a 52-year-old Swiss national. The search for him is ongoing, the police wrote.
