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Snow, ice cause travel upheaval across Europe
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December 10, 2010, Friday
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TRAVELERS in Paris and Frankfurt slept at the airport after snow and ice caused travel chaos. Pop singer Shakira canceled a concert in Germany, while the French prime minister missed a gala at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater.
Many European commuters suffered through traffic jams yesterday, and Scotland even called in the army to clear the snow. Flights out of Paris and Frankfurt were still delayed after bad weather forced the temporary closing of airports a day earlier.
Paris is unprepared for snow. Amid Wednesday's snowfall of 10 centimeters, bus service was shut down, traffic backed up, tourists were ushered out of the Eiffel Tower and Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport was forced to close for 90 minutes.
Shakira canceled a Wednesday night concert in Frankfurt because she couldn't take off from Paris, German news agency DAPD reported.
A spokesman for the concert organizers told DAPD that a new date for early 2011 will be set soon.
Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon missed a special gala by Russian and French dancers at the Bolshoi because of delays leaving France. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered to have the Bolshoi re-run the event in Fillon's honor, the RIA-Novosti news agency said.
Yesterday, delays of up to an hour persisted at Charles de Gaulle. Some passengers huddled under blankets after a long night at the airport.
"The airport last night was giving out towels, mattresses to sleep on, water, and they were coming around constantly to see if everything was OK," said Lynne Seavor, whose flight home to Britain's East Midlands Airport was delayed by 24 hours.
A combination of snow, rain and temperatures around the freezing point caused traffic chaos in Germany, with hundreds of accidents reported across the country.
One person died in a crash in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Meanwhile, Scotland was hit with up to 75 centimeters of snow - the most since 1963 - paralyzing the capital.
Edinburgh City Council held talks with the Ministry of Defense and the Scottish government to secure help from the army in digging out the city.
Many European commuters suffered through traffic jams yesterday, and Scotland even called in the army to clear the snow. Flights out of Paris and Frankfurt were still delayed after bad weather forced the temporary closing of airports a day earlier.
Paris is unprepared for snow. Amid Wednesday's snowfall of 10 centimeters, bus service was shut down, traffic backed up, tourists were ushered out of the Eiffel Tower and Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport was forced to close for 90 minutes.
Shakira canceled a Wednesday night concert in Frankfurt because she couldn't take off from Paris, German news agency DAPD reported.
A spokesman for the concert organizers told DAPD that a new date for early 2011 will be set soon.
Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon missed a special gala by Russian and French dancers at the Bolshoi because of delays leaving France. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered to have the Bolshoi re-run the event in Fillon's honor, the RIA-Novosti news agency said.
Yesterday, delays of up to an hour persisted at Charles de Gaulle. Some passengers huddled under blankets after a long night at the airport.
"The airport last night was giving out towels, mattresses to sleep on, water, and they were coming around constantly to see if everything was OK," said Lynne Seavor, whose flight home to Britain's East Midlands Airport was delayed by 24 hours.
A combination of snow, rain and temperatures around the freezing point caused traffic chaos in Germany, with hundreds of accidents reported across the country.
One person died in a crash in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Meanwhile, Scotland was hit with up to 75 centimeters of snow - the most since 1963 - paralyzing the capital.
Edinburgh City Council held talks with the Ministry of Defense and the Scottish government to secure help from the army in digging out the city.
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