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Lake Geneva, afternoon 26 May: storm lights warn sailors

Bern, Lucerne, Zurich, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Several areas in eastern Switzerland were hard hit by heavy thunderstorms and winds Tuesday afternoon 26 May. A man was killed when a tree blew down and landed on the car he was driving in Romanshorn, Thurgau and a woman is in stable condition at a Bern hospital after she was hit by a falling branch. Lucerne was hit by flash floods that swamped cellars and Zurich had several minutes of hail. Fribourg suffered heavy damage from falling trees.

The Lake Geneva area had gusting winds and rain, but was spared the strength of the storm that hit further east.

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 27 May 2009 at 9:30, last updated on 8 June 2009 at 16:11 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 27 May 2009.

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