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Severe flood situation ++ 1500 people isolated from the outside world ++ 13 evacuated
Heavy rainfall causes flooding and makes traffic difficult in many parts of Switzerland. An overview:
Flood in Switzerland
1500 people cut off from the outside world
In Central Switzerland there are around 1500 people isolated from the outside world. The Betschwanden, Rüti and Linthal GL communities are affected. In the nearby Diesbach GL he had to 13 people evacuated as the Glarus canton police wrote in a statement. The canton road had to be closed SBB ceased operations on the Schwanden – Linthal route.
In the town of Diesbach, the situation was particularly critical, as the canton of Glarus reported on Saturday afternoon. The Diesbach not only carried a lot of water, it also carried debris. It was feared that it could leave the river bed and flood inhabited areas or the street. At 9 am, 10 buildings were evacuated with a total of 13 residents. At the moment the emergency services are trying to avoid the deposits of mud and stones by means of dredging. There are more than 100 people and several excavators working.
The situation in Uri has gotten worse:
Underwater motorway: the A2 between Beckenried and Erstfeld. Image: keystone
In the canton of Uri, the flood situation worsened on Saturday morning after the rains in the last hours. the Reuss passed over its banks in various places between Attinghausen and Flüelen, the A2 motorway will be closed indefinitely. Meanwhile, the situation has improved after the flood alarm went off at midnight and various measures of the flood concept were implemented, the canton police said. Due to the flood situation and associated traffic restrictions, the police now urgently recommend bypassing the canton of Uri. Pedestrians and cyclists are also advised not to stay near bodies of water. Due to the rains, there were also several debris flows.
The cantonal road between Hospental and Realp is also closed. All Uri Alpine passes will be closed until at least Sunday morning. In the other cantons of central Switzerland, however, the weather situation remained calm, as a survey by the cantonal police showed. No reports of damage were received.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours:
It rained the most from Friday at midnight to Saturday morning:
The summary shows where it rained the most in the last 24 hours through Saturday morning (6am):
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 A2 will remain locked for an unknown period of time. 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.
Congested cantonal roads
the Canton roads between Flüelen and Erstfeld in Canton Uri are congestedafter the A2 motorway was closed due to flooding on Saturday night. To avoid dam breaks, water was channeled from the Reuss to the highway.
The blockade of the highway on the north-south axis affects the cantonal roads. The main roads between Flüelen and Erstfeld, on which all traffic has changed, are affected. There are traffic obstructions. The closing lasts at least until the afternoon.
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)
