Four dead and unprecedented destruction in Switzerland following violent storms

For the authorities, the successive weather attacks show that the country is not sufficiently prepared

The Swiss Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis visibly very worried, launched this warning in the canton of Ticinoin the south of the country, a region which has been hit hard by a wave of successive storms and floods over the past week.

“What is happening right now? Many people ask this question. Are we going to experience one disaster after another every summer? Or is this an exception? No one knows. But it is certain that the accumulation of such events worries us and shows how vulnerable we are“. did he declare.

The same observation of helplessness on the part of the local police chief who fears, given the extent of the damage and the difficulty of accessing certain villages, that the toll may not be final.

“Unfortunately, at this time we cannot rule out the possibility of a larger number of victims.” he said.

In the town of Zermatt, In the Canton of Valais, a flash flood has hit the city centre districts for the second time in a week, as shown in this publication on the X network.

A considerable number of villages had to be evacuated as a precaution over the weekend. A total of 400 people were taken to civil protection shelters.

The President of the Confederation, Viola Amherd, expressed his condolences. She wrote that her thoughts were with those affected by the storms in several regions of Switzerland. She will go there during the day on Monday.

Italy also affected

This weekend, around 200 people were evacuated from towns in northern Italy, in Piedmont and the Aosta Valley, as the region was hit by floodsstorms and landslides.

According to researchersthese violent weather phenomena which are now commonplace, will repeat themselves more and more frequently, in all seasons and will increase in intensity due to climate change.