The Local Switzerland 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 Tsunami in Switzerland? New study examines this ‘underestimated danger’ It may be a landlocked country, but Switzerland has some of the biggest lakes in Western Europe, and tsunamis have occurred in Swiss waters the past. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171005/tsunamis-in-switzerland-new-study-examines-this-underestimated-danger Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:00:09 +0200 tsunamis-in-switzerland-new-study-examines-this-underestimated-danger 'Geneva hit by tsunami' — 1,500 years ago Nearly 1,500 years ago a tsunami triggered by a rockfall swept Lake Geneva, engulfing its shores with a wall of water up to 13 metres high, Swiss scientists reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121029/geneva-hit-by-deadly-tsunami-1500-years-ago Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:44:00 +0100 geneva-hit-by-deadly-tsunami-1500-years-ago