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ZURICH (REUTERS)
Emergency services found a dead body and kept up a search for two other people missing on Sunday after flooding and landslides in southern Switzerland, police said.
Some 200 people, drones, helicopters, and rescue dogs were drafted in to the rescue and clean-up effort after heavy rains on Friday caused flooding in the Misox valley in the canton of Grisons, according to the local police.
Three people had been reported missing, the body of one was found in a river, local police commander, William Kloter, told the media.
Approximately 124 mm of rain fell in the valley on Friday, with 63 mm falling within an hour.
Several rivers burst their banks in the valley, covering roads, fields, and villages with rubble, earth, and wood.
Additionally, three houses were buried.
