Strong winds and rain hit Zurich on Friday (19), and local emergency services reported seven injuries. A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition.
Of the other six injured, two were hospitalized due to falling tree branches, according to a statement from the Zurich Civil Protection and Rescue Service.
Firefighters rescued a person trapped in a building while an underpass near Wollishofen train station was flooded, the statement added.
it produced around 21,000 lightning strikes throughout Switzerland, 8,500 of which were in the Zurich region, according to the weather forecast from the Swiss public broadcaster SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen).
