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A severe weather warning of the highest level applies to Ticino and Graubünden. Heavy rains caused the first floods in Ticino. Meteo Switzerland expects up to 300 millimeters of precipitation.
In Switzerland, it sometimes rains a lot from Friday to Sunday night, in Ticino more than 200 liters per square meter. This leads to landslides and floods in various places.
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A landslide occurred in San Nazzaro TI due to the severe storm, which is now blocking a railway line. Therefore, the connection between Cadenazzo and Luino (I) is interrupted. According to SBB spokesman Martin Meier, there were five passengers and the driver on the train. No one was injured. People were evacuated to Magadino. “The route is a branch that is not used often,” continues Meier. The duration of the outage is uncertain. Delays and cancellations should be expected for an indefinite period of time. Replacement buses operate from Cadenazzo to Ranzo-Sant ‘Abbondio.
On the Riazzino cantonal road, about ten kilometers away, there is currently slow traffic, the road is flooded, as dude.ch reported.
A regional train from Tilo was slowed down by a landslide on Saturday.
In some areas of the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden there is a very high risk of flooding as of Saturday afternoon. Federal hazard warning agencies have increased hazard reporting to the highest of the five warning levels.
The warning applies starting Saturday at 3 p.m. for 24 hours, according to federal agencies for natural hazards on the Internet. Up to 300 millimeters of rain is expected locally. Experts expected heavy rains and sometimes thunderstorms. Eastern Ticino, as well as Misox and Bergell are mainly affected.
On Saturday morning there was already 141 millimeters of rain on the Magadino plain. This led to the first disadvantages in some places. In Lugano, 126 millimeters of rain fell on Saturday morning and some floods occurred.
Heavy rains in Ticino caused the first disabilities and floods. By Saturday morning there was already 140 millimeters of rain in some places.
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The first floods and landslides occurred in Ticino on Friday, for example near Gandria on Lake Lugano, north of Bellinzona and near Madonna di Ponte.
A lot of rain also fell in Graubünden, especially in Bergell with 108 millimeters in Soglio. There was a rockfall on the road between Ilanz and Trun in Surselva.
There was also large amounts of rain in southwestern Valais. At Lac d’Emosson, a total of 93 millimeters of rain was also recorded on Saturday morning.
