Record 41.1 mm (1.6 inches) of rain in 10 minutes floods Lausanne, Switzerland
A record-breaking 41.1 mm (1.6 inches) of rain was recorded in Switzerland's Lausanne on June 11, 2018, breaking the previous record of 36.1 mm (1.42 inches) recorded in Eschenz, Thurgau canton in 2017.
Severe thunderstorms are dropping heavy rain on parts of Switzerland for the third day in a row. On Monday night, June 11, the storm caused severe disruption to the cities of Geneva and Lausanne, flooding streets and houses and cutting some rail lines, SwissInfo reports.
Lausanne emergency services received over 500 calls by 03:00 local time Tuesday, authorities said, adding that the city sustained extensive damage.
The storm produced record-breaking 41.1 mm (1.6 inches) in a 10-minute period around 23:00 local time, June 11 in Lausanne region. The previous 10-minute record for the country was 36.1 mm (1.42 inches), recorded in Eschenz, Thurgau canton in 2017.
June 12 marked the second straight night of heavy rain in the country, with the worst of it in Jura canton where more than 100 firefighters spent the night pumping out flooded cellars after river Schuelte burst its banks. The villages of Courroux and Vicques were still practically cut off on the morning of June 13.
Geneva also received major downpour with flooding in Genthod, Versoix and Veyrier.
#Lausanne, le 11 juin 2018, à 23 heures. pic.twitter.com/Bke3HRdlvj
— Philippe Reichen (@PhilippeReichen) June 12, 2018
#Lausanne #CFF unbelievable #storm pic.twitter.com/bcWiy1C0kx
— Marion Moussadek (@MarionMoussadek) June 11, 2018
Late Monday evening a heavy #thunderstorm from southwest croessed #Lausanne, western #Switzerland: enormous 41 min within 10 min: new record for Switzerland! Radar–rain‐gauge merged hourly precipiation sum attached.@essl_ecss @Lematinch @lenews_ch @WMO pic.twitter.com/hCsgYmC0GG
— meteocentrale.ch (@meteocentrale) June 12, 2018
Euh comment dire… #pasbonleau #Lausanne #meteoswiss pic.twitter.com/nJtsrzwu9v
— ✏Stéphane Ballaman φ (@sballaman) June 12, 2018
Le jour où le haut de lausanne fut inondé… la route de berne ici #orage #lausanne #sallaz-sur-mer pic.twitter.com/2oNpu9pz3J
— Etienne Kocher (@kocher_et) June 11, 2018
Die #Regenmengen in den letzten 24 h: Vor allem in der #Romandie fiel teils viel Regen. Zum Vergleich: im ganzen Juni normalerweise um 100 mm. ^gf pic.twitter.com/i18vzug3VG
— SRF Meteo (@srfmeteo) June 12, 2018
Lausanne by rain pic.twitter.com/D29MEbQvb2
— Alexi Sans S (@AlexiSansS) June 11, 2018
Featured image credit: Etienne Kocher
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