At least four people have died in Switzerland and one remains missing due to landslides and flooding caused by the strong storms of the weekend, which have overflowed several rivers, including the Rhoneone of the main ones in the country.

Three of the deceased died in a landslide in the Maggia valley from the canton of Ticino (south), where roads have been closed, at least one bridge has been destroyed and At least 400 people have been evacuated of several campsites and homes.

Three adjacent valleys became isolated on Sunday, and the power supply in the area was cut off, while the police asked the population to limit their movements and continued the search for a missing person also in the area affected by the landslide.

Further west, in the canton of Valais, where the upper course of the Rhône is located, The river has overflowed in several areasforcing hundreds of people to evacuate in the main cities of that stretch of the river, Briga and Sion (cantonal capital).

Also in Valais, one person died after being swept away by water and mud in the town of Saas Grund, in the Alps near the border with Italy. The industrial area of ​​Aigle, near the mouth of the Rhône in Lake Geneva, has also been evacuated as a precaution.

The situation has forced interrupt rail transport in some areas of Valaisas well as traffic on the A9 motorway, in the same area where evacuations have been ordered.

The Valencian authorities have recommended avoid all non-urgent travel in the lower part of the valley, or approach the banks of the river, which after forming Lake Geneva passes through large cities such as Geneva in Switzerland or Lyon, Avignon and Arles in France.