Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left seven people dead, local authorities said on Sunday.
\nThree people in their 70s and 80s died in France\u2019s northeastern Aube region on Saturday when a tree crushed the car they were travelling in during fierce winds.
\nIn neighboring Switzerland, four people have died, and another is missing, according to local police.
\nThree were killed after torrential rains triggered a landslide in the southeast, police in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino said.
\nA man was also found dead in a hotel in Saas-Grun in the southwest canton of Valais, police said, adding that he was probably taken by surprise by a sudden rapid rise in floodwater.
\nAnother man is also missing in Valais, police said.
\nThe civil security services said \u201cseveral hundred\u201d people were evacuated in Valais and roads closed after the Rhone and its tributaries overflowed in different locations.
\nEmergency services were assessing the best way to evacuate 300 people who had arrived for a football tournament in Peccia, while almost 70 more were being evacuated from a holiday camp in the village of Mogno.
\nThe poor weather was making rescue work particularly difficult, police had said earlier, with several valleys inaccessible and cut off from the electricity network.
\nThe federal alert system also said part of the canton was without drinking water.
\nExtreme rainfall also struck southeastern Switzerland last weekend, leaving one dead and causing major damage.
\nIn northern Italy\u2019s Aosta Valley, internet users shared images of spectacular floods and swollen rivers rushing down mountain slopes.
\nScientists say climate change driven by human activity is increasing the severity, frequency and length of extreme weather events such as floods and storms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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