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Heavy rains throughout Switzerland ++ Autobahn A2 closed ++ Multiple train stops
Heavy rainfall causes flooding and makes traffic difficult in many parts of Switzerland. An overview:
Rainfall in the last 24 hours (starting at 6 am):
Central Switzerland: A2 motorway closed
Heavy rains in central Switzerland cause streams to overflow their banks. The A2 motorway between Beckenried NW and Erstfeld UR had to be closed early Saturday morning due to flooding, as announced by cantonal police in Uri and Nidwalden on request.
The A2 between Beckenried and Erstfeld is currently closed. Image: Google Maps
At midnight in Seedorf the Reuss flood alarm activated state. Since then, various fire departments in the canton of Uri have been busy protecting buildings from floods, repairing storm and water damage and putting barriers into operation.
The police blocked the A2 motorway between Beckenried and Erstfeld in both directions, as the road between Seedorf and Attinghausen in the canton of Uri is under water. The canton road in the Pfaffensprung area between Gurtnellen and Wassen is closed.
Lockdown until at least Saturday afternoon
The closure of the A2 must last in both directions until at least Saturday afternoon. Transit traffic, especially heavy traffic, will be diverted in both directions via the A13 San Bernadino route, the Uri cantonal police said in a statement early Saturday morning.
the The motorway service station on the Gotthard route and the heavy traffic hub in Erstfeld should have been evacuateda spokesperson said upon request. It’s still raining a lot.
Ticino: more rain in 24 hours than usual for the whole month
In Ticino, too, it is currently coming out of buckets. According to SRF Meteo, it has been partially in the last 24 hours it rained more than usual throughout the month of October. For example, in Mosogno 305 millimeters of rain fell. Otherwise, in Ticino and neighboring areas, there was in some cases more than 100 millimeters of precipitation.
Rail traffic interruptions
There were also snags in the rail traffic early in the morning on Saturday, as the rail traffic information showed. Because of the flood that was why Traffic between Meiringen and Interlaken Ost in the canton of Bern was disrupted. It was unclear how long the outage would last. Due to the risk of flooding, the route between Münster VS and Andermatt UR is interrupted indefinitely.
Due to the flood it was Meanwhile, the route between Brig VS and Domodossola (IT) was also interrupted. After this warning was lifted and traffic was released again, there were outages at Brig station due to a catenary failure.
In Appenzell Innerrhoden there were also strong winds. That was about it The route between Weissbad and Wasserauen is expected to be interrupted until 9 a.m.. (meg / sda)
