Zermattin the’Upper Valais in SwissAnd isolated from the rest of the world because offlooding of the stream Vispa. The situation was caused by the heavy rains of the last few hours and the melting of the glaciers at high altitude. It is impossible to reach the well-known mountain resort by train or car due to numerous landslides. But the bad weather also hit other areas of Switzerland.
Zermatt isolated
Also closed to pedestrians due to landslide street between Tasch And Zermatt. Images are circulating on social media of the waterways in the area swollen by the floods, dragging stones and debris. Vispa is under surveillance following heavy rainfall and melting snow at high altitude. The morning of Saturday 22 June was characterized by further landslides.
The weather conditions prevented the opening of the cable car connection from Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the Piccolo Cervino and Zermatt.
Zermatt is a town of almost 6,000 inhabitants in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It rises at an altitude of 1,600 metres, at the foot of the Matterhorn peak. It attracts tourists from the rest of the country and from Italy. In Zermatt you can enjoy skiing, mountaineering, hiking and ice skating.
There are missing
Three people they result dispersed following heavy floods in south-eastern Switzerland. The announcement was made on Saturday morning by the police of the Canton of Grisons. A fourth person, a woman, was reported missing but was found alive.
Displaced people and damage
Other than that, no injuries were reported but beyond 230 people they were displaced (especially in Chippis, a village on the left bank of the Rhone) as early as the evening of Friday 21 June.
And as the hours pass, the damage count increases, mainly caused by landslides and mudslides. To which are added the lost revenues from the local tourism and catering sector given the situation.
Schools in the mountain village have been closed, he told the Swiss Press Agency Keystone-ATS a municipal employee. And the Zermatt General Staff is on maximum alert, as the Alto Valais newspaper writes Walliser Bote.
Russell Crowe’s concert in Cervinia cancelled
The bad weather also hit other areas of Switzerland hard. TO Cerviniafor example, Russell Crowe he should have performed with his band (The Gentlemen Barbers) in the absence of an audience on the panoramic terrace of the Piccolo Cervino at an altitude of 3,800 metres. Due to prohibitive weather conditions the performance was cancelled.
Europe cut in two
The image is that of a Europe cut in two, with a weather situation that gives sun and scorching heat in the South and intense rains as you go up.
Violent rainfall also affected the city of Milan: on the evening of Friday 21st a violent storm caused numerous trees to fall and forced the firefighters to carry out hundreds of interventions.
Photo source: ANSA
