A security worker prepares to stop a truck on the frosty A2 motorway near the southern entrance into the Gotthard Tunnel on December 11. The snowstorm caused dozens of accidents with at least one fatality. Hundreds of trucks were stuck for two days on the main north-south axis through the country. (Keystone/Ti-Press/Samuel Golay)
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A snowplough clears the main street of the ski resort St Moritz on Thursday, December 11. The winter weather with temperatures around the freezing point will continue for a few more days, according to forecasts. (Keystone/Giancarlo Cattaneo)
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Police work to clear fallen trees from a road in Füllinsdorf near Basel. (Keystone/KAPO Basel Landschaft)
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Traffic ground to a halt in the Swiss capital, Bern, after heavy snow forced the delay and re-routing of some public transport.
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A tree fell and crushed a vehicle moving between AeschAngenstein and Grellingen in canton Basel Country. The driver escaped unharmed although the car was totaled. Officials closed some streets as more trees threatened to fall. (Keystone/Kantonspolizei Basel-Landschaft)
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A worker shovels snow from the pavement in Croix-de-Rozon near Geneva, on Thursday, December 11. (Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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A snow-covered sign, reading "Winter Magic" with Santa Claus and reindeer, displays the aftermath of the storm near Basel.(Keystone/Andreas Frossard)
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A person cuts a path through the fresh snow that blanketed Epalignes on Wednesday, December 10, near Lausanne. At that time about 15cm had already fallen. (Keystone/Dominic Favre)
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Snowstorms blanket Switzerland
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What started with a moist Mediterranean wind on December 9 turned into a strong storm cycle that dumped as much as 120 centimetres of snow in the Alps. While skiers are pleased, the storms also broke trees, disrupted rail service, and forced many communities to dig themselves out.
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