Hittnau, Zürich, Switzerland Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

- Possible impacts: Breaking off of branches, toppling of individual trees. Lightning strikes. Landslides on steep slopes, sudden flash floods in streams, flooding. Hail damage.
- Recommendations for action: Avoid bodies of water, exposed areas (mountain ridges and peaks, trees, towers) and open terrain (e.g. clearings, fields) due to the risk of lightning strikes. In open terrain, if lightning strikes nearby, assume a crouched position (with your feet together) with as little of your body as possible touching the ground (do not lie down flat).

- Possible impacts: Rise in the level of bodies of water where the ground is already saturated.
- Recommendations for action: Observe any flood warnings issued by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN.
- Expected amounts: 25-40 mm
- Snowfall limit: 2900 - 2000 m (sinking)