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Swiss avalanche kills one person and injures another

An avalanche in Reckingen in the southeastern Wallis region of Switzerland killed a 68-year-old on Saturday, while a second person was injured, police said.

Published: 6 February 2022 19:53 CET
A man uses a machine to clear a path through the snow in the ski resort of Wengen in the Swiss Alps
A man uses a machine to clear a path through the snow in the ski resort of Wengen in the Swiss Alps. Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP

The two were part of a group of four Italian hikers and were quickly found and freed from the snow by the other two. One died at the scene and the other was airlifted to hospital.

According to a provisional report by the MeteoSwiss weather service on Friday, people have been caught up in 45 avalanches so far this winter.

It urged people to be “careful, careful, careful”.

On Thursday, one person died and several others were injured in avalanches in Switzerland’s Graubunden region, which borders Austria’s Tyrol where avalanches have killed nine people over the last three days.

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TRAVEL NEWS

LATEST: More Swiss roads closed due to landslides and flooding

The severe storms that hit the cantons of Valais and Ticino over the weekend have resulted in significant travel disruptions for motorists. 

Published: 2 July 2024 09:44 CEST
LATEST: More Swiss roads closed due to landslides and flooding

The weekend’s floods and landslides resulted in key roads becoming impassable, with some expected to be closed to traffic for several weeks. 

The Federal Roads Office announced on Monday that the following mountain passes are currently inaccessible due to landslides in the affected cantons:

The Nufenen Pass is expected to remain closed until the end of the week (5/7). 

READ MORE: The alternative routes from Switzerland to Italy

The Simplon Pass is closed until further notice.

Outside of Ticino and Valais, the San Bernardino Pass is currently closed due to ongoing roadworks.

These pass closures are in addition to those roads closed in the aftermath of flooding and landslides that hit the country’s southwest at the end of June, making southbound traffic difficult for the time being.

The status of all mountain passes can be checked before travelling at Alpen-pässe, and SRF maintains a constantly updated traffic portal listing road closures and showing traffic jams in real-time.

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