Europe NOW! Deadly Floods, Severe Storms Devastate France, Switzerland, and Italy

At least seven people have died as a result of severe storms and heavy rains that struck France, Switzerland, and Italy over the past weekend. Storms and heavy rains hit southern and western Switzerland on Saturday, June 29, and continued throughout the night. The hardest-hit areas were in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, on the southern side of the Alps. In the Fontana area of the Maggia Valley, near the town of Locarno, a significant landslide occurred. Police reported that the bodies of two people have been found and identified, while rescuers are searching for another missing person. Campsites along the Maggia River were evacuated, and part of the small Visletto Bridge collapsed. Three other valleys in the region became inaccessible by road. Further north, the Rhone River overflowed in several areas of the canton of Valais, flooding highways and railway lines. Some areas of the Valais canton were left without electricity and drinking water. A man was found dead in a hotel in Saa