3 missing in a landslide in Swiss Alps as heavy rains cause flash floods

Published June 22, 2024 5:12 AM

VIENNA (AP) — Three people are missing after massive thunderstorms and rainfall in southeastern Switzerland caused a landslide. One woman was pulled out alive after being buried by the landslide on Saturday morning in the Alpine valley of Misox in Graubünden. A rescue operation for the three others is ongoing. Elsewhere in Switzerland, the popular tourist destination of Zermatt in the southern canton of Valais near the iconic Matterhorn mountain is accessible again after the Matterhorn-Gotthard Railway announced it would resume operations.

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