Overall Green alert Flood
in Switzerland

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102713
Death: 4
Displaced: 700
Countries: Switzerland
From - To 21 Jun - 01 Jul

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Northern Switzerland, Late June 2024Local media in Switzerland reported storms caused damage and flooding in areas in the north of the country on 27 June 2024.Fri 28 Jun 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 65 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Read more: Swiss Solidarity launches campaign for people affected by s ... 2024-07-02T09:10+0200.

Swiss Solidarity was able to provide an initial amount of funding as emergency aid. This will help bridge the most difficult bottlenecks for affected families, it continued. In a second step, any remaining costs for damaged houses or other
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Switzerland counts the cost of latest storms with more extreme weather ... 2024-07-01T16:13+0200.

The extent of the devastation has left many locals stunned. In a press conference on a Sunday, the visibly shaken mayor of Lavizzara, Gabriele Dazio, told reporters : “I never believed that my eyes would one day see such devastation”, and t
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Read more: Swiss storm fatalities double to four2024-07-01T09:52+0200.

As the Ticino cantonal police announced on Sunday afternoon, emergency services found a third body in Val Bavona, a side valley of the Maggia Valley, during the course of the day. Two bodies had already been found there following a landslid
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ValleseInterrotta la linea ferroviaria tra Leuk e Gampel-Steg per un'i ... 2024-07-01T08:55+0200.

La linea ferroviaria Losanna-Briga, in Vallese, è interrotta tra Leuk e Gampel-Steg a causa di un'inondazione provocata dal maltempo che ha flagellato intere regioni della Svizzera questo fine settimana. I disagi al trasporto su rotaia, si
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),