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Criticism stirs up flood waters

This content was published on Aug 24, 2005 The United Nations disaster reduction agency said warnings were inadequate, while the WWF Switzerland said the practice of forcing rivers into “straitjackets” had made flooding more likely. Most cantons have failed to take any action since 1991 when a federal hydraulic engineering law was introduced demanding the introduction of measures to prevent flooding. The 14-year-old…

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Flooding remains critical as death toll rises

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 The main north-south traffic links remained suspended due to the bad weather but officials expect the situation to improve gradually later this week. Rescue officials recovered two bodies in the small town of Brienz in the Bernese Oberland and the village of Dürnten in the Zurich Oberland region on Tuesday. The victims were killed when…

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Matte residents get that sinking feeling

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 The River Aare is now flowing through the alleys of this old part of the city and the water has reached the first floor of many houses. Japanese tourists jostle with Bernese schoolchildren and other curious onlookers on the Kirchenfeld bridge to catch a glimpse of the flooded Matte, usually buzzing with small trade activity.…

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Flooding causes more deaths in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 The army and fire brigades are fighting to contain rising lake and river waters that have forced 2,500 people to flee their homes or holiday residences. One person was killed and another went missing when eight buildings collapsed in the lakeside town of Brienz in the Bernese Oberland. The body of a man was found…

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Flooding remains critical in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 Floodwaters continued to rise on Tuesday in parts of the country where rain is only now starting to ease off. The body of a man was found on Tuesday morning in a swollen stream near the village of Dürnten in canton Zurich. A woman has been reported missing after she slipped and fell in the…

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Flooding remains critical in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 The situation has improved slightly in canton Lucerne, but cantons Schwyz and Obwalden were fighting rising waters and the resort of Interlaken was partially flooded. President Samuel Schmid, who is also defence minister, visited the disaster region around Lake Lucerne on Monday. He pledged government aid for the worst-affected areas. Several hundred soldiers were deployed…

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Flooding in 2005

This content was published on Aug 22, 2005 Heavy rainfall and flooding in Bern as well as east and central Switzerland in August 2005 caused heavy damage amounting to SFr2.5 billion.

Letten sheds its dark past in style

This content was published on Aug 10, 2005 A decade ago, the disused railway station and tracks to the north of the city centre were littered with needles and the half-comatose bodies of drug addicts. Letten was a victim of the drug-containment experiment that started in Zurich in 1986 but was abandoned by 1994. First Platzspitz, known as Needle Park, was opened to…

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Going on a Swiss bear hunt

This content was published on Aug 4, 2005 The bear’s sudden arrival has been this summer’s big event, and has put the spotlight on the area where it reappeared – the Swiss National Park. You would think by the amount of excitement caused by the large predator, that Switzerland was dealing with the return of Tyrannosaurus Rex, and not a common European brown…

Hunting the bear

This content was published on Aug 4, 2005 In summer 2005 swissinfo.ch went in search of the first wild bear to be seen in Switzerland for more than 100 years – and was not alone. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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