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The high cost of stopping flooding

This content was published on May 5, 2015 Recent extreme rainfall has led rivers and lakes across Switzerland to rise to alarming levels. On Lake Biel rescue units worked in shifts to protect several locations from flooding. For the village of Saint-Gingolph on Lake Geneva, it was too late, however, with flooded streets and basements.  According to climatologist Reto Knutti such flooding could…