Heavy rain halts Swiss rail, traffic; one killed
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AN 82-year-old woman was found dead in a Swiss stream yesterday, police said, as heavy rain and landslides halted train and road traffic near the capital Bern.
Police said that the woman died in Thoerishaus, a village southwest of Bern, as parts of the country were hit by a deluge.
In the nearby town of Koeniz, 200 firefighters worked throughout the night to deal with flooded streams and landslides, evacuating several homes.
Landslides blocked the railway between Bern and the western city of Fribourg and between Montreux and Zweisimmen, while flooding cut the line between the capital and the town of Thun, Swiss Federal Railways announced.
The company said that it had replaced train services in the affected areas with buses to reduce the impact on passengers.
Flooding also forced the closure of several roads in the region, national road company Viasuisse said yesterday.
Bern and Fribourg were hit by heavy rain that began on Saturday and continued non-stop until midnight.
Fribourg police said that 22 homes had been flooded in their region, as streams overflowed, and that there had been several landslides that blocked roads.
There were no reports of any injuries.
A section of the A12 motorway between Fribourg and Bern was closed for six hours due to flooding, as its drains were unable to absorb the heavy rain.
The weekend’s heaviest rain fell in Moleson, near Fribourg, where meteorologists recorded a total of 84 liters per square meter.
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