![A resident walks through the destroyed Vorarlberg ski resort of Lech, Austria August 24, 2005. Lakes and rivers burst their banks after days of fierce downpours across Switzerland, Austria and Germany, cutting A resident walks through the destroyed Vorarlberg ski resort of Lech, Austria August 24, 2005. Lakes and rivers burst their banks after days of fierce downpours across Switzerland, Austria and Germany, cutting](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1f4ag/a-resident-walks-through-the-destroyed-vorarlberg-ski-resort-of-lech-austria-august-24-2005-lakes-and-rivers-burst-their-banks-after-days-of-fierce-downpours-across-switzerland-austria-and-germany-cutting-off-roads-power-and-communications-from-hundreds-of-communities-in-austria-the-death-toll-rose-to-three-on-wednesday-and-a-fourth-person-was-missing-feared-drowned-police-said-in-austria-an-emergency-cabinet-meeting-pledged-swift-aid-to-homeowners-and-farmers-while-flood-waters-receded-after-the-rain-petered-out-in-the-hardest-hit-provinces-of-vorarlberg-and-tyrol-bordering-switz-2d1f4ag.jpg)
A resident walks through the destroyed Vorarlberg ski resort of Lech, Austria August 24, 2005. Lakes and rivers burst their banks after days of fierce downpours across Switzerland, Austria and Germany, cutting
![Switzerland plane crash: Several dead after aircraft goes down and bursts into flames in forest | The Independent | The Independent Switzerland plane crash: Several dead after aircraft goes down and bursts into flames in forest | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/08/04/15/switzerland-plane-crash.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
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![Didier Defago of Switzerland burst off the start house to compete in the men's practice for the 76th Lauberhorn Alpine skiing downhill race in front of the Jungfrau and Silverhorn mountain in Didier Defago of Switzerland burst off the start house to compete in the men's practice for the 76th Lauberhorn Alpine skiing downhill race in front of the Jungfrau and Silverhorn mountain in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E787ER/didier-defago-of-switzerland-burst-off-the-start-house-to-compete-in-the-mens-practice-for-the-76th-lauberhorn-alpine-skiing-downhill-race-in-front-of-the-jungfrau-and-silverhorn-mountain-in-wengen-switzerland-january-12-2006-reuterswolfgang-rattay-2E787ER.jpg)
Didier Defago of Switzerland burst off the start house to compete in the men's practice for the 76th Lauberhorn Alpine skiing downhill race in front of the Jungfrau and Silverhorn mountain in
![Residents clean up a street in the the small Vorarlberg village of Bezau some 250 kilometres (155 miles) west of Innsbruck August 25, 2005. Lakes and rivers burst their banks after days Residents clean up a street in the the small Vorarlberg village of Bezau some 250 kilometres (155 miles) west of Innsbruck August 25, 2005. Lakes and rivers burst their banks after days](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d2nfnb/residents-clean-up-a-street-in-the-the-small-vorarlberg-village-of-bezau-some-250-kilometres-155-miles-west-of-innsbruck-august-25-2005-lakes-and-rivers-burst-their-banks-after-days-of-fierce-downpours-across-switzerland-austria-and-germany-cutting-off-roads-power-and-communications-from-hundreds-of-communities-hundreds-of-people-in-austria-were-still-cut-off-in-villages-some-17000-firefighters-helped-by-soldiers-began-repairing-roads-pumping-out-basements-and-clearing-mud-from-highways-bridges-and-railway-lines-reuters-miro-kuzmanovic-mik-aa-2d2nfnb.jpg)