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Blowing hard, heavy and wet: 30 November snow in Valais, Switzerland

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - December first 2009 blew into Switzerland with a blast of snow in mountain areas, snarling traffic around the Gotthard tunnel and cutting off cantons Valais and Graubuenden from each other. Electricity was cut in several areas late Monday and early Tuesday in parts of canton Bern. Train traffic was cut off between Arosa and Chur (Coire) after trees fell on the railway electric lines and the Rhettish Rail lines were closed in several areas due to concerns about avalanches.

Links to other sites: TSR (Fre) and swissinfo (Fre)

Traffic updates: Touring Club Suisse (Fre) and Swiss federal truck traffic site

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Posted by Ellen Wallace on 1 December 2009 at 17:25 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 1 December 2009.

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