The snowfalls have caused problems for rail and road traffic. Several railway lines are closed.
In Engadin, Poschiavo is isolated from the rest of Switzerland.
The heavy snowfall is likely to last locally into the evening.
In Switzerland it will continue to snow until around Monday evening, reports SRF Meteo. The snow line falls in Ticino at 600 to 800 meters. This means that there is still a great danger of avalanches.
In the last 24 hours there were another 10 to 30 cm and between the Valsertal and Upper Engadine also more than 40 cm at the local level. Now the snowfall continues, especially between Upper Valais, the St. Gotthard region and southern Grisons and northern Ticino.
In central and southern Ticino it can also rain below 800 to 500 meters.
Several railway lines in Graubünden interrupted
Large amounts of snow created problems for the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, among other things, which reported a temporary disruption on the route between Andermatt and Sedrun on Sunday morning on Twitter. The Furka car transport service, however, was suspended until further notice on Sunday. The reason for this was the closure of the road between Realp and Hospental due to the danger of avalanches.
Autoverlad Furka discontinued Autoverlad update: The Autoverlad Furka between Oberwald (VS) and Realp (UR) will be discontinued until further notice. The reason for this is the closure of the road between Realp and Hospental due to the danger of avalanches. New assessment of the situation: Monday, December 7, 2020 8:00 am.
The Rhaetian Railroad reported several outages on the line on Sunday. Therefore, the route between Schanf and Scuol-Tarasp was interrupted due to the risk of snow slides. Due to the danger of avalanches, the RhB closed the Bernina line between Pontresina and Poschiavo on Saturday night. Since the road was also closed, replacement buses could not be used.
In addition, due to heavy snowfall, the railway temporarily stopped rail traffic between Chur and Arosa.
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The Val Müstair is isolated from the environment to the north, the Ofenpass is closed until tomorrow Monday for security reasons. This is how the situation in the town of Santa María was presented on Sunday.
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The cars are completely covered in snow.
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Schwyz at 560m woke up on Sunday in wonderful white splendor.
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The layer of snow on a patio heater in St. Moritz testifies to the amount of fresh snow this weekend.
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A woman goes on a ski excursion in snowy Valens.
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With this fresh snow, toboggan fun for the whole family is the order of the day, like here in Schwarzenberg / LU.
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A winter Christmas day, also in the lowlands in 2020, like here in Reutigen / BE.
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The local recreation area in Lauerzersee / SZ is shown in a white winter dress.
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“Bright sky over the Churfirsten,” writes an SRF witness of this image. “The Thurgau, slightly sugary.”
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An image of Lauperswil in the canton of Bern. “The linden is wearing the winter dress,” said the SRF witness.
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Winter wonderland, also in Oftringen, in the canton of Aargau.
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The Churfirsten de Säntis photographed in an extraordinary atmosphere.
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It snowed a little on one side in Baar (ZG), as the image of this witness shows.
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It also snowed in the Eigenhal of Lucerne. The picture shows the Lady Chapel.
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“A good snow clearing job is required before departure,” writes an SRF witness of this Heiligenschwendi (BE) image.
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Many accidents on the streets
The snowfall also caused problems on the streets. In the canton of St. Gallen alone, there were more than a dozen personal accidents with property damage between Saturday and Sunday. In the canton of Graubünden there were more than two dozen traffic accidents over the weekend.
Some roads in Ticino were closed, not only because of snowfall. There was a rockfall near Gudo. Due to a landslide, the cantonal road between S. Nazzaro and Vairano was closed.
Great avalanche danger in the south and in Graubünden
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The large amount of fresh snow in the Ticino mountains and in southern Grisons created a great avalanche hazard. According to SRF Meteo, there is a level 4 avalanche hazard on the five-level risk scale throughout northern Ticino, including Centovalli, the southern Graubünden valleys and the Upper Engadine.
From the south of Valais, through the eastern Bernese Oberland, to Alpstein and in the other areas of Grisons, danger level 3 applies, i.e. considerable.
