Strong winds cause chaos for Swiss roads and airports
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Published: 14 Sep, 2017 CET.
Updated: Thu 14 Sep 2017 11:52 CET
Stormy weather and strong winds proved hazardous across Switzerland on Thursday, with planes struggling to land and trucks swept off the roads.
After a rather mild start to the day, an active cold front swept across the country bringing rain and high winds of up to 120km/hr in the mountains, MeteoNews said in a statement.
Temperatures are likely to drop sharply throughout the day, with the snow level descending as low as 1,500m in parts of the country, it said.
The high winds became a problem at Zurich’s Kloten airport on Thursday morning where a Singapore Airlines airbus was buffeted off course as it attempted to land. After three aborted attempts it diverted to Frankfurt in Germany, reported Swiss media.
Traffic was also affected with several vehicles pushed off the roads.
The A1 motorway between Lausanne and Yverdon-les-Bains was closed after a lorry overturned, and another truck was pushed off the same motorway at Niederbipp in the canton of Bern, said 20 Minuten.
#Sturmböen am Jurasüdfuss mit 103 km/h. #Joran #Bielersee #Ipsach ? Jan Eitel ^gf pic.twitter.com/l5CuZd3Zb0
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) September 14, 2017
Wetter: Nahende Kaltfront sorgt für starke Winde https://t.co/GejfsPFvZ0 pic.twitter.com/BYEjLP7s0N
— Blick (@Blickch) September 14, 2017
The sky this morning...#sky #clouds #geneva #switzerland #storm #strongwinds #beautiful pic.twitter.com/2GL7d8OtGA
— Rosa Jeanne Mayland (@RosasYummyYums) September 14, 2017
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After a rather mild start to the day, an active cold front swept across the country bringing rain and high winds of up to 120km/hr in the mountains, MeteoNews said in a statement.
Temperatures are likely to drop sharply throughout the day, with the snow level descending as low as 1,500m in parts of the country, it said.
The high winds became a problem at Zurich’s Kloten airport on Thursday morning where a Singapore Airlines airbus was buffeted off course as it attempted to land. After three aborted attempts it diverted to Frankfurt in Germany, reported Swiss media.
Traffic was also affected with several vehicles pushed off the roads.
The A1 motorway between Lausanne and Yverdon-les-Bains was closed after a lorry overturned, and another truck was pushed off the same motorway at Niederbipp in the canton of Bern, said 20 Minuten.
#Sturmböen am Jurasüdfuss mit 103 km/h. #Joran #Bielersee #Ipsach ? Jan Eitel ^gf pic.twitter.com/l5CuZd3Zb0
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) September 14, 2017
Wetter: Nahende Kaltfront sorgt für starke Winde https://t.co/GejfsPFvZ0 pic.twitter.com/BYEjLP7s0N
— Blick (@Blickch) September 14, 2017
The sky this morning...#sky #clouds #geneva #switzerland #storm #strongwinds #beautiful pic.twitter.com/2GL7d8OtGA
— Rosa Jeanne Mayland (@RosasYummyYums) September 14, 2017
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