Four people died in Switzerland today and two others are missing after floods and landslides caused by torrential rains in southeastern Switzerland, weather phenomena that also hit parts of Italy.

Three of the victims were killed this morning in a landslide in majia valley, in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino, according to a police statement.

The three bodies were recovered in the Fontana district of the Maggia Valley and are currently being identified, while another person is missing in a neighboring area, Ticino authorities said.

A bridge was swept away by the waters, blocking a road in the cantonment, complicating rescue efforts.

Much of Switzerland has been hit by severe thunderstorms since yesterday, Saturday afternoon, and the rainfall is very heavy. Flooding of the Rhône and its tributaries, swollen by rainwater and melting ice, has forced hundreds of people to leave and also closed many roads, according to local authorities in Valais (southwestern Switzerland).

In the canton of Valais, police said a man was found dead in a hotel in an Alpine town. Police said another man was missing in another area of ​​Valle.

Flooding and landslides also hit a neighboring region of Italy, where about 200 people had to be evacuated by helicopter today from their homes in Coni in the Aosta Valley, the local governor said.