The Latest Breaking News from Alpine

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Swiss army helicopters have been drafted in to airlift water to thousands of thirsty farm animals sweltering under this summer's soaring temperatures in the country's Alpine meadows.

Warnings have been issued for much of the state, with "locally destructive" winds of up to 130 kilometres per hour possible in Victoria's Alpine region.

The extreme temperatures Europe has experienced in recent weeks have resulted in an increase in the rate of snowpack melt in the Alpine glaciers. As in many other parts of the world, the consequences are increasingly visible in the Alps, where the glaciers are particularly vulnerable due to their smaller…