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 The thermometer climbed over the 30C-mark in the Swiss city of Chur on Friday making it the latest 'hot' day ever recorded north of the Alps in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180921/northern-switzerland-records-latest-summer-day-ever Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:24:56 +0200 northern-switzerland-records-latest-summer-day-ever Rain across Switzerland and especially in the Ticino region on Sunday put an end to the country's sweltering heatwave. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170626/heavy-rain-puts-an-end-to-switzerlands-heatwave Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:33:24 +0200 heavy-rain-puts-an-end-to-switzerlands-heatwave Don't put away the suncream just yet. The summer temperatures that Switzerland has enjoyed over recent days are set to continue until the middle of next week, forecasters say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160909/good-news-swiss-summer-isnt-over-yet Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:25:26 +0200 good-news-swiss-summer-isnt-over-yet Barbecues will not be permitted in Bern’s forests this weekend as the canton became the latest to ban the lighting of open-air fires. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150724/bern-joins-ban-on-campfires-and-fireworks Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:08:43 +0200 bern-joins-ban-on-campfires-and-fireworks The five-year-old girl left in a boiling car in the canton of Ticino died from overheating, an autopsy has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150723/autopsy-confirms-heat-killed-girl-left-in-car Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:37:51 +0200 autopsy-confirms-heat-killed-girl-left-in-car Wasps are a bigger nuisance than ever this summer as the hot, dry weather continues and more people are eating outdoors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150723/pest-controllers-warn-of-wasp-nuisance Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:51:34 +0200 pest-controllers-warn-of-wasp-nuisance Although temperatures have cooled dramatically and there has been heavy rain in the past few days, July goes down as one of the hottest for 30 years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130730/july-was-too-hot-and-too-dry Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:32:00 +0200 july-was-too-hot-and-too-dry Switzerland came close to a European heat record at the weekend, with a temperature of 37.3 degrees Celsius measured in Basel-Binningen on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130729/weekend-temperatures-soared-to-near-record-level Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:50:00 +0200 weekend-temperatures-soared-to-near-record-level Switzerland is in for a weekend of soaring temperatures. But heavy storms will spell a change in the forecast from Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130726/storms-loom-as-heatwave-continues-into-weekend Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:17:00 +0200 storms-loom-as-heatwave-continues-into-weekend The last mountain pass highway route in Switzerland was finally cleared of snow on Tuesday as most of the country continued to swelter in a heatwave with record-breaking temperatures. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130618/last-swiss-mountain-pass-road-reopens Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:00 +0200 last-swiss-mountain-pass-road-reopens