20171210 01 Snow Wallis VS

Quick Facts

Type of Event	Heavy Snowfall
Verification State	QC1
ESWD	Not reported
Location	Central Valais
Time / Duration	Long time event
Date	10.12.2017
Magnitude	60 cm of fresh snow fell in Sion VS 60 cm of fresh snow fell in Sierre VS 60 cm of fresh snow fell in Montana VS
Damage / Impact	Widespread snow breakage, a train from Sion to Lausanne got stuck between Aigle and Bex. 400 passengers had to be evacuated.
Fatalities	-
Injuries	-
Report Source	Newspaper reports, weather data
Remarks	-
General weather situation	WZ - Westlage, in Mitteleuropa überwiegend zyklonal feucht-normal