At least 4 dead as storms in Switzerland and Italy cause flooding and landslides

Storms in Switzerland and northern Italy have caused extensive flooding and landslides, leaving at least four people dead, authorities said on Sunday.

The bodies of three people were recovered following a landslide in the Fontana area of the Maggia valley in the Italian-speaking Ticino canton on the southern side of the Alps.The Rhone river floods streets in Sierre, Switzerland, following heavy rain Camping sites along the Maggia River were evacuated, and part of the small Visletto road bridge collapsed. One person was missing in the nearby Lavizzara valley.

Further north, the Rhone rver burst its banks in several areas of Valais canton, flooding a highway and a railway line. Police said side valleys south of the Rhone saw particularly heavy rain, and the body of a man whose partner had reported him missing was found at a hotel in the Alpine resort of Saas-Grund early on Sunday. They said he is believed to have been caught by surprise by floodwater.Another man has been missing since Saturday evening in the Binn area, in the upper Rhone valley near the Italian border, police said.

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