Storms Cause Widespread Damage in Switzerland, Germany

A hangar and some of the parked small planes at the local airport of Locarno in Magadino, southern Switzerland were heavily damaged after a thunderstorm on July 13, 2021. Ti-Press/Elia Bianchi/Keystone via AP

BERLIN—Heavy summer storms caused widespread damage and flooding Tuesday in Germany and Switzerland, where an airport hangar partially collapsed in the southern town of Magadino.

Swiss police said several planes were damaged but nobody was hurt when the hangar roof gave way amid heavy rain and strong winds overnight.