STORY: Roads and railway lines were submerged in Switzerland’s Valais region on Sunday (June 30) as melting snow compounded violent thunderstorms.
Eyewitness video showed the floodwaters surrounding a warehouse and traffic tunnels in Sierre, with infrastructure and machinery pictured in the water.
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