Watch: Mudslides and flash flooding affect a hanging bridge

A wave of water, mud and debris were crashing down the Losentze River near the village of Chamoson. Authorities are searching for a man and a girl missing since Sunday after their car was swept away in a flash flood.

Chamoson: Heavy rain on Monday triggered mudslides and flash flooding that affected a hanging bridge in the Swiss Alps.

A wave of water, mud and debris were crashing down the Losentze River near the village of Chamoson.

Authorities are searching for a man and a girl missing since Sunday after their car was swept away in a flash flood. Police in the southern canton of Valais said that they have little hope of finding the 37-year-old man and the six-year-old girl alive. More than 70 rescuers including a helicopter crew searched for them through the night. Authorities said that a second car that was also swept away has been found, but nobody was inside that vehicle.