https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An avalanche has killed a cross-country skier in southwestern Switzerland, police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20241228/skier-killed-in-swiss-avalanche Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:23:52 +0100 skier-killed-in-swiss-avalanche Avalanches in Switzerland have left two people dead, leading officials to warn on Saturday of the risks posed by particularly unstable snow cover. A further eight people have died in neighbouring Austria https://www.thelocal.ch/20230205/avalanches-in-switzerland-and-austria-kill-five Sun, 05 Feb 2023 09:46:32 +0100 avalanches-in-switzerland-and-austria-kill-five An avalanche in Reckingen in the southeastern Wallis region of Switzerland killed a 68-year-old on Saturday, while a second person was injured, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220206/swiss-avalanche-kills-one-person-and-injures-another Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:53:54 +0100 swiss-avalanche-kills-one-person-and-injures-another Due to the heavy snowfall in recent days and more expected until the weekend, an avalanche warning is issued for Switzerland’s southern canton of Valais. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210129/weather-warning-part-of-swiss-alps-placed-on-high-avalanche-alert Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:06:02 +0100 weather-warning-part-of-swiss-alps-placed-on-high-avalanche-alert Due to the heavy snowfall in recent days and more expected until the weekend, an avalanche warning is issued for Switzerland’s southern canton of Valais. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210129/swiss-canton-of-valais-placed-on-high-avalanche-alert Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:06:02 +0100 swiss-canton-of-valais-placed-on-high-avalanche-alert Much of Switzerland will experience significant snowfall, which could trigger avalanches in the mountains, forecasters say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210112/weather-alert-heavy-snow-expected-in-switzerland-from-tuesday Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:37:49 +0100 weather-alert-heavy-snow-expected-in-switzerland-from-tuesday Six people have been rescued after an avalanche near the Swiss town of Andermatt, Uri on December 26th. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191227/six-rescued-from-swiss-alps-after-boxing-day-avalanche Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:52:53 +0100 six-rescued-from-swiss-alps-after-boxing-day-avalanche A total of 299 avalanches causing property damage or injury were reported in Switzerland up to the end of April while 19 people lost their lives. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190507/nearly-300-destructive-avalanches-recorded-during-swiss-winter Tue, 07 May 2019 22:16:38 +0200 nearly-300-destructive-avalanches-recorded-during-swiss-winter Four German hikers have been killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, police in the southern canton of Valais said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190428/four-germans-die-in-swiss-avalanche Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:12:19 +0200 four-germans-die-in-swiss-avalanche A 20-year-old American has died while skiing in the Mont Fort area of Switzerland’s Valais. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190322/american-skier-dies-in-accident-in-swiss-canton-of-valais Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:57:46 +0100 american-skier-dies-in-accident-in-swiss-canton-of-valais A Swiss climber was among three men killed by an avalanche on the Scottish mountain of Ben Nevis on Tuesday, Switzerland's foreign ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190313/three-climbers-from-switzerland-killed-in-scottish-avalanche-reports Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:58:43 +0100 three-climbers-from-switzerland-killed-in-scottish-avalanche-reports Authorities in the Swiss Alps are carrying out controlled anti-avalanche explosions earlier in the year than ever. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190226/abnormally-warm-weather-forces-swiss-ski-resorts-to-take-early-action-against-avalanches Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:24:37 +0100 abnormally-warm-weather-forces-swiss-ski-resorts-to-take-early-action-against-avalanches UPDATED: A French ski patroller has died as a result of injuries received when an avalanche struck a ski slope in the canton of Valais on Tuesday, local police have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190219/at-least-four-injured-as-avalanche-engulfs-swiss-ski-station-crans-montana-valais Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:57:58 +0100 at-least-four-injured-as-avalanche-engulfs-swiss-ski-station-crans-montana-valais An avalanche in southern Switzerland has killed one person and injured two others, police said Sunday, the latest deadly incident following heavy snowfall across the region. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190120/one-killed-two-injured-in-swiss-avalanche Sun, 20 Jan 2019 12:02:22 +0100 one-killed-two-injured-in-swiss-avalanche One week after an avalanche forced a hotel in eastern Switzerland to be evacuated, a second avalanche in the same area has put a cable car out of action - potentially for months - until it can be repaired. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190118/second-avalanche-in-santis-brings-down-cable-car Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:18:43 +0100 second-avalanche-in-santis-brings-down-cable-car When marketing manager Thomas Frei recently won a unique competition that gave him and up to 999 of his friends sole use of an entire Swiss ski resort for 24 hours, things didn’t quite as planned. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190116/ski-resort-competition-winner-being-snowed-in-has-its-good-sides-too Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:02:49 +0100 ski-resort-competition-winner-being-snowed-in-has-its-good-sides-too A 20-year-old Swedish woman died after being struck by an avalanche in the Swiss canton of Valais on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190115/swedish-skier-killed-in-avalanche-in-swiss-canton-of-valais Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:52:13 +0100 swedish-skier-killed-in-avalanche-in-swiss-canton-of-valais Parts of the Swiss Alps have been placed on maximum alert for avalanches after heavy snow in recent days. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190114/avalanche-risk-level-at-maximum-in-many-parts-of-swiss-alps-weather-skiing Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:36:45 +0100 avalanche-risk-level-at-maximum-in-many-parts-of-swiss-alps-weather-skiing UPDATE: Rescue services on Friday continued to search the area near where an avalanche struck a hotel in eastern Switzerland on Thursday just in case anyone had been buried by snow. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190110/avalanche-crashes-into-hotel-in-eastern-switzerland Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:19:26 +0100 avalanche-crashes-into-hotel-in-eastern-switzerland Separate avalanches have claimed the lives of two men in Switzerland this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190104/avalanches-claim-two-lives-in-davos-and-flumserberg Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:13:02 +0100 avalanches-claim-two-lives-in-davos-and-flumserberg