Devastating footage shows cars trapped in mud in the aftermath of deadly floods which killed at least seven people when they ripped through Europe.
Videos show the clean up operation which began in hiking resort Saas-Grund, Switzerland, after devastating floods ripped through the village this weekend.
Anthony Eccles, 41, has been staying in the picturesque village since June 26, 2024.
On Saturday he said light rain turned into a storm - "belting down" around midnight.
Video footage filmed between June 28 and July 1 shows diggers wading through mud which has caked the street and trapped cars.
Anthony, a tour guide, from Gwynedd, North Wales, said: "Quickly after the flooding started and the owners of the hotel came into my room saying that the downstairs was completely flooded.”
“I wasn’t too concerned because I was two floors above and I couldn’t actually do anything.
“The emergency services and the machine drivers were fighting a losing battle.”
In Switzerland, three people were killed by a landslide in Ticino while another man was found dead in a hotel in Saas-Grund.
One person in Valais was missing as rescue workers continued their search.
In France, three people died when a tree fell on their car.
Videos show the clean up operation which began in hiking resort Saas-Grund, Switzerland, after devastating floods ripped through the village this weekend.
Anthony Eccles, 41, has been staying in the picturesque village since June 26, 2024.
On Saturday he said light rain turned into a storm - "belting down" around midnight.
Video footage filmed between June 28 and July 1 shows diggers wading through mud which has caked the street and trapped cars.
Anthony, a tour guide, from Gwynedd, North Wales, said: "Quickly after the flooding started and the owners of the hotel came into my room saying that the downstairs was completely flooded.”
“I wasn’t too concerned because I was two floors above and I couldn’t actually do anything.
“The emergency services and the machine drivers were fighting a losing battle.”
In Switzerland, three people were killed by a landslide in Ticino while another man was found dead in a hotel in Saas-Grund.
One person in Valais was missing as rescue workers continued their search.
In France, three people died when a tree fell on their car.
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00:00So they've been working clearing the road to make it accessible, you can clearly see
00:08there's a good few hundred metres left to go to clear that off. So that was the hotel
00:17I was staying in. I've been moved out of there and across the road and they're currently
00:24in the process of clearing up, trying to get the road open to get the buses. So just after
00:32I filmed that the fireman came up to me and said the road was closed. Jesus!
00:54So the road is now a river.
01:24So
01:54I'm
02:14so
02:37so they're working quite hard to get this road open
02:41and so that people can get out that need to get out like myself and for people to get in as well
02:49because there's people who want them to get in. But yeah currently still closed as of 8am
02:56and I reckon it's going to be at least midday before we hear anything of
03:01whether we can actually get out of the village or not.
03:11So
03:30yes