Record snowfalls hit Switzerland

Switzerland struggled to dig itself out today after record snowfall overnight set off avalanches, collapsed roofs, left the country’s two main motorways blocked and caused two deaths.

A 17-year-old was killed in Fribourg on Friday after being hit by falling scaffolding and a 43-year-old woman died on Saturday in Bern canton (state) after her car skidded and ran into a tree, police said.