Swiss cantons handed extra funds to repair weather damage

The Swiss government intends to allocate more funds to the cantons that suffered severe weather damage in the summer of 2024, including Ticino. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) has been instructed to draw up a dispatch to parliament on extraordinary federal aid. + How to protect people and homes from Swiss landslides The government's consultation procedure is scheduled to begin in the autumn. In the cantons of Ticino, Graubünden and Valais, the remaining costs for cleaning up last year's environmental disasters will be borne half from the federal coffers and half by the cantonal authorities. DETEC currently anticipates residual costs of CHF36 million, which would be borne by Bern. The co-financing by the cantons is a prerequisite for an additional subsidy from the federal government. Weather claimed 10 victims The bad weather at the end of June 2024 claimed ten ...