European freeze proves deadly
Source: Agencies |
December 21, 2009, Monday
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SNOW and subfreezing temperatures have battered Europe, killing 15 people in Poland alone overnight and wreaking havoc on air, train and car travelers from the Nordics to Italy on the last weekend before Christmas.
France's civil aviation authority ordered the cancellation of 40 percent of flights out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports yesterday.
In Britain, officials at Manchester Airport said its only runway was being closed for emergency snow clearance.
Belgium's three biggest airports, Brussels, Charleroi and Liege, were completely shut, while travelers at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport faced delays and cancellations.
There was trouble on the railways in many countries.
Eurostar trains through the Channel Tunnel weren't running yesterday as officials tried to pinpoint the problem that led four trains to come to a halt in the tunnel linking England and France.
Police appealed yesterday to Poles to alert officers if they come across homeless or drunk people lying outdoors, attempting to lower the number of people who die each winter from the bitter cold.
France's civil aviation authority ordered the cancellation of 40 percent of flights out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports yesterday.
In Britain, officials at Manchester Airport said its only runway was being closed for emergency snow clearance.
Belgium's three biggest airports, Brussels, Charleroi and Liege, were completely shut, while travelers at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport faced delays and cancellations.
There was trouble on the railways in many countries.
Eurostar trains through the Channel Tunnel weren't running yesterday as officials tried to pinpoint the problem that led four trains to come to a halt in the tunnel linking England and France.
Police appealed yesterday to Poles to alert officers if they come across homeless or drunk people lying outdoors, attempting to lower the number of people who die each winter from the bitter cold.
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