{"id":12428,"date":"2026-02-17T04:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12428"},"modified":"2026-02-17T04:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:41:18","slug":"train-derails-in-switzerland-injuring-five-amid-avalanches-in-the-alps-environment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=12428","title":{"rendered":"Train derails in Switzerland, injuring five amid avalanches in the Alps | Environment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The accident, near the town of Goppenstein, occurred as the region is under its second-highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">2 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image-1-1-1727085849.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 17 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">17 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"186\">A regional train has derailed in southern Switzerland, injuring five people, police said, as the risk of avalanches in the region has reached its second-highest level.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"186\">The accident on Monday near the town of Goppenstein occurred amid heavy snow and at an altitude of 1,216 metres (4,000 feet), according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"186\">\u201cAccording to initial findings, an avalanche may have crossed the tracks shortly before the train passed,\u201d police said, adding that the public prosecutor\u2019s office has opened an investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"186\">\u201cFive people were injured. One of them was taken to hospital,\u201d police added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"186\">The train accident follows a series of deadly avalanches across the Alps in recent days involving skiers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"459\">On Friday, three skiers were killed after being swept away by an avalanche in the upmarket French Alpine resort of Val d\u2019Isere.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"459\">Cedric Bonnevie, who oversees the resort\u2019s pistes, said one of the victims was a French national while the others were foreign citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"459\">He said one victim appeared to have been caught in the avalanche high on the mountain slope, while the other two were part of a group of five, including a professional guide, lower on the mountain face and did not see the avalanche approaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1222\">In Italy, rescuers <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/italy-mountain-avalanche-deaths-758e328f86bf005298a6c2012c2280b2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last week that a record 13 backcountry skiers, climbers and hikers had died in the mountains over the previous seven days, including 10 in avalanches triggered by an exceptionally unstable snowpack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1222\">Fresh snowfall during recent storms, combined with windswept snow sitting on weak internal layers, has created especially dangerous conditions across the Alpine arc bordering France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, Italy\u2019s Alpine Rescue said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1222\">\u201cUnder such conditions, the passage of a single skier, or natural overloading from the weight of snow, can be sufficient to trigger an avalanche,\u201d Federico Catania, Alpine Rescue\u2019s spokesperson, said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1665\">The avalanche deaths have occurred on ungroomed mountain slopes, away from the well-maintained and monitored Winter Olympic sites in Lombardy near the Swiss border, Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo in Veneto, and the cross-country skiing venues in Val di Fiemme, within the autonomous province of Trentino.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4318440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4318440\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4318440 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AFP__20260130__94JZ2YF__v1__HighRes__FranceMountainRescuePoliceFeature-1771294924.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A Securite Civile helicopter (emergency management) flies over an off piste area around the Alpe d'Huez, French Alps\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4318440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Securite Civile helicopter flies over an off-piste area around the Alpe d\u2019Huez, French Alps, during an avalanche emergency response rescue mission on January 29, 2026 [Jeff Pachoud\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accident, near the town of Goppenstein, occurred as the region is under its second-highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five. 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