Switzerland has a new computer.
The supercomputer, called Alps, has been installed at the National Supercomputer Centre in Lugano.
It will be used to forecast and analyse the weather.
It can carry out the same calculations in one day that would take a standard laptop 40,000 years.
Currently it’s listed as the sixth most powerful computer in the world, but it could still rise as it wasn’t running at full capacity when it as last checked in June.
Emergency measures in place
The record-breaking heatwave is forcing authorities to take emergency measures.
Glacier melt 'alarming'
The glaciers are losing water at an alarming rate as the heatwave drags on.
Too hot for nuclear station
The Beznau nuclear plant will be shut down today, as the Aare river has reached the 25-degree threshold.
Massive mudslide hits French hamlet
A torrential mudslide swept through the Haute-Savoie hamlet of Chéron Wednesday night, hitting five of its eleven houses and forcing the evacuation of 21 residents.
Vote to be held on rent controls
The Swiss Tenants' Association has secured the 140,000 signatures it needed to force a national vote on abusive rents.
What to tip?
A new study has put a number on what most diners only guess at — 5 to 10% is the going rate for a tip in a Swiss restaurant.
