Major damage in Switzerland by storms

The city of Zofingen and its surrounding municipalities were particularly seriously affected. After the storm, the city was flooded for 30 minutes because the sewer system was blocked by debris.

Touched by the floods were the Mehlethal Circle, as well as the deepest neighborhoods, the old city and industrial areas. Some factories, cellars, underground garages, subpasses, and station parking lots were flooded, writes albinfo. ch

Because the substations of transformers had been sunk in water, there were power cuts in large parts of the city. Electricity supply was cut off until Sunday afternoon. Thanks to emergency generators, however, it was not at any time dangerous for residents, Guyer said.

On Sunday, about 120 high - pressure workers were working to make flood - free subpasses for transport, to get water out of the cellars, and to provide electricity.

By Sunday evening almost the entire Zaofinger city could be refueled with electricity, except for 15 properties. Electrical installations were damaged by water, and for safety reasons they could not connect to the power grid, the city reported in the evening.

The storm was also part of the cantons of Bern and Solothur.

In the Solothurn canton, the municipalities of Grzezenbach, Dänicen and Dulliken were especially affected by the storm, as Canton police reported.