Police stop traffic on the Gotthard tunnel due to snow
Police stop traffic on the Gotthard due to snow
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Listening: Police stop traffic on the Gotthard tunnel due to snow
Due to heavy snowfall, the cantonal police of canton Uri stopped traffic between Amsteg and the Gotthard road tunnel shortly before midday on Sunday. This was so that snow clearing vehicles could move freely.
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Schnee beeinträchtigt in den Alpen den Strassenverkehr
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This was announced by a media spokesperson for the cantonal police of Uri to the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. He confirmed a road traffic status report from the Touring Club of Switzerland on the short message service X. The blockage of traffic was temporary, said the media spokesperson.
The weather services had announced the arrival of a cold front in Switzerland on Sunday – with snowfall in some places down to the lowlands and valleys. By Christmas Eve, meteorologists expect up to 125 centimetres of snow in central areas of the Alps within 75 hours.
On its natural hazards portal, the federal government warns of considerable danger from snow in large parts of the Alps, for example on roads between Sunday and Tuesday, and of a level 3 avalanche risk.
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