Tourists Helicoptered Down From Swiss Mountain Resort After Mudslide Cuts Off Road Access

Tourists Helicoptered Down From Swiss Mountain Resort After Mudslide Cuts Off Road Access
A road is blocked in Eisten, Switzerland, on Sept. 6, 2024, after a landslide following severe weather. Andrea Soltermann/Keystone via AP
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GENEVA—Helicopter crews ferried down scores of tourists stranded atop of one of Switzerland’s most popular mountain resorts on Friday after a mudslide a day earlier cut off road access until next week.

Teams from Air Zermatt rescue and helicopter service led the operation for what Swiss media said were about 2,200 tourists—mostly Swiss—caught at the Saas Fee resort in the southern Valais region.