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In large parts Europe Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures have caused chaos, and the challenges of winter weather are likely to continue. In Germany, snow, ice and permanent frost dominated the weather at the start of the week, but this did not result in any major restrictions – different than in neighboring PolandCzech Republic and the Netherlands.
At Schiphol Airport in the Dutch capital Amsterdam Around 450 flights were canceled in the morning, and train traffic around Amsterdam and Utrecht also collapsed. In Poland, the railway reported hours of delays and cancellations due to heavy snowfall.
In France The French civil aviation authority asked airlines to wait until late evening to cancel 15 percent of its flights at Orly and Charles de Gaulle airportsafter heavy snowfall occurred in Paris.
Also at the airport Sarajevothe capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, had half its flights canceled on Sunday due to snowfall.
On Stockholmer Arlanda Airport in Sweden caused numerous flights to be canceled or delayed. Train traffic in several regions was temporarily stopped.
Traffic restrictions and school closures
In Romania, particularly in the Carpathian regions
In Transylvania several villages were isolated due to snow-covered access roads. At least 42,000 homes were without power because transformers were damaged by heavy snowfall.
In Czech Republic It is particularly cold, and there were also some accidents here due to the slippery conditions. A low of minus 30.6 degrees Celsius was measured in the municipality of Kvilda in the Bohemian Forest National Park near the border with Bavaria. According to the weather service, temperatures across the country are not expected to rise above freezing in the next few days.
In the Slovakia there were low temperatures of down to minus 20 degrees.
In
Scotland Hundreds of schools remained closed due to the snow. A weather warning has been in effect for several days in many parts of Great Britain due to heavy snowfall. In the English town of Shap, the coldest nighttime temperature of the winter in England and Wales was recorded at minus 10.9 degrees Celsius.
In
Austria State meteorologists announced a cold warning for the west of the country. On Tuesday temperatures could fall to minus 17 degrees.
Also in
Spain The weather agency Aemet issued warnings for ten regions of the country for Monday. In parts of Cantabria in the north, of Castile and León in the northwest and of Catalonia in the east of the country, the warning level is orange. The heaviest snowfall from Storm Francis was concentrated in the less populated interior, the eastern half of the country and the Cantabrian Mountains.
Germany remains cold
“Winter has arrived in Germany and there is currently snow in many regions of Germany, which will continue to lie in the mostly frosty temperatures in the next few days,” said Markus Böse from the German Weather Service (DWD). “For the regions where there is currently no snow, things are looking poor in terms of snow.” It is cold enough, but much new precipitation is not expected in large parts of the country for the time being.
Around the North Sea, on the other hand, there are expected to be numerous and sometimes heavy snow showers, primarily moving inland in Schleswig-Holstein. Most of the North Sea islands, especially the North Frisian ones, would get some fresh snow as a result. “But it can also snow occasionally in heavy showers, sometimes even thunderstorms, so that ten centimeters or more can fall within a few hours.”
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