Springtime, flood time ...

Like every spring the groundwater reservoirs are filled and higher up patches of snow (extra storage) which is melting away. The saturated areas are nicely colored brown.

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While there are potential risk in the mountainous areas the wet state plus this weekends high precipitation causing so far only in the west flooding...

From BAFU for updates click picture

Kräftiger #Dauerregen und die Folgen in der #Schweiz... Seht selbst im Video: http://t.co/BI0nIcGLfa #Hochwasser^vl pic.twitter.com/Bvtd5WKmNE

— wetteronline.de (@WetterOnline) May 3, 2015

For flooding updates check: TWITTER #Hochwasser   or

Natural-hazards.ch: Current natural hazards situation in Switzerland http://t.co/RzSDyvKvV9 #Rain #Flood #Avalanches #ForestFire

— FOEN (@foenCH) May 3, 2015