Over the past two weeks, Switzerland has experienced severe weathers, including storms with strong winds, heavy rainfalls, which caused flooding, terrible landslides, evacuations, and severe damage in various regions. And tragically at least seven fatalities and one missed person. My thoughts are with everyone affected this tragedies, and we are grateful that our region has been spared so far.
Tonight we got a hint, how quickly conditions can change during a storm. From dry conditions to a heavy thunderstorm in a couple of minutes. We experienced such a heavy rainfall for 10-15 minutes, that our courtyard was standing 12 cm underwater. But despite the already very wet ground,the water run-off, and the storm passed quickly. But we are watching the rain radar closely these days.
Dreadful conditions. We were staying in Zermatt and then booked a night at Gornergrat 3100 Kulm hotel 3 weeks ago. We had to stay 2 extra nights at Gornergrat and be airlifted by Helicopter. It didn’t detract from us having a fabulous holiday although our onward journey was disrupted. We certainly experienced some adverse weather conditions so have some understanding of what you are going through. Stay safe.
As a Swiss expatriated to Germany, I followed these events with sadness. i'm working int he are of weather and climate... and sadly this type of events might happen again... we'll need to become resilient.
Dramatic and moody photo!
July 13th, 2024
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Stay safe Mona!
Dramatic and moody photo!