The cancelled show has been reprogrammed for Monday night, said organizersInvolving 5,000 participants, plus cows, goats and horses, the show takes the audience through a year in the life of a vineyard, using dance and song. As well as the show, the once-in-a-generation festival includes daily parades, with each day dedicated to a different canton, as well as numerous food and drink stands around Vevey’s lakeside and old town. Thursday night’s storm did little to quell the high temperatures that have sat across much of Switzerland this week. Many regions of the country experienced a second consecutive ‘tropical’ night, when temperatures remain above 20 degrees overnight. Zurich’s overnight temperature reached 24.7 degrees, while Lucerne, Sion, Basel and Locarno all sweltered in plus 20-degree night-time heat, reported 20 MinutesThe heat is set to remain on Friday, before cooler weather arrives on the weekend.

Source: The Local July 26, 2019 07:36 UTC