Storm Another body found in the Maggia Valley

Following the storms in Ticino, another body was found in the Maggia Valley on Tuesday. A helicopter had spotted the still unidentified dead person in the riverbed in Riveo on Tuesday evening, after which he was rescued by a helicopter.

A military helicopter located the dead person in the Maggia, according to the cantonal police. She was later rescued by a helicopter from Swiss Air-Rescue. Identification was underway in the evening.

Three women who fell victim to the storm in the upper Maggia Valley at the weekend have now been identified. According to information from the Ticino cantonal police, they are two 73-year-old and one 76-year-old German woman from the state of Baden-Württemberg.

The women were victims of a landslide in the Fontana area of the Bavona Valley, the police added on Tuesday. Their bodies were found on Sunday morning.

Val Bavona is a side valley of the Maggia Valley and was hit particularly hard by the storm last Saturday.

SDA