Fresh snowfall increases risk of Swiss avalanches
Fresh snowfall increases risk of Swiss avalanches

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Fresh snowfall increases risk of Swiss avalanches

Fresh snow and storms have resulted in an elevated avalanche risk in some areas of the Swiss Alps on Saturday.
From Friday to Saturday afternoon, 30 to 50 centimetres of fresh snow fell at higher altitudes from the Bernese Oberland to the Uri and Glarus Alps in central Switzerland.
But 20 to 40 centimetres of snow also fell over the northern Alpine ridge from the Dent des Morcles to Liechtenstein, northern Graubünden and the Lower Engadine, according to the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF. ...