One person found dead after Swiss floods
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Some 200 people, drones, helicopters and rescue dogs were drafted in to the rescue and clean-up effort.
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ZURICH - Emergency services found a dead body and kept up a search for two other people missing on June 23 after flooding and landslides in southern Switzerland, police said.
Some 200 people, drones, helicopters and rescue dogs were drafted in to the rescue and clean-up effort after heavy rains on June 21 caused flooding
Three people had been reported missing. The body of one person was found in a river, local police commander William Kloter told reporters.
Some 124 mm of rain fell in the valley on June 21, with 63 mm falling in a one-hour period.
Several rivers burst their banks in the valley, covering roads, fields and villages with rubble, earth and wood. Three houses were buried. REUTERS
