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Western Europe braces for heavy snowfalls
London (AFP) Feb 1, 2009 Forecasters warned of widespread snowfalls that would disrupt land and air travel in Western Europe on Monday, with Britain expected to see "more snow than in recent years". As a cold front sweeps through Britain, the weather service said London and southeast England could see five to 10 centimetres (two to four inches) of snow and as much as 15 centimetres of snowfall elsewhere. "The last time widespread snowfall affected Britain was February 1991," said Met Office forecaster Chris Almond, adding that Monday would bring "certainly more snow than we've had in recent years". Britain has been facing its coldest winter in 12 years, according to the Met. In France snowfalls are expected to hit the northern regions late Sunday, and in all 32 French departments have been placed under orange alert including the Paris region, Meteo-France announced. The French weather service does not expect major accumulations, but icy rain may make transportation difficult. The DGAC aviation authority urged airlines to reduce by 30 percent their flights scheduled to leave Monday morning from Paris'Charles de Gaulle airport because of the expected weather conditions. On Sunday snowfalls snarled traffic in several parts of Spain including the capital area where sections of two highways were temporarily closed to vehicles, causing traffic jams, the National Travel Administration Department (DGT) reported. A storm disrupted ferry travel from the port city of Algeciras to Morocco, authorities said, and parts of central and southwestern Spain reported traffic disruptions before returning to normal in most areas by mid-afternoon. Both Spain and France were hit by violent storms late last month that killed 25 people and left hundreds of thousands of homes without power. Related Links It's A White Out at TerraDaily.com
Deadly ice and snow storm cut swath across US
Chicago (AFP) Jan 28, 2009Hundreds of thousands of people were left shivering in the dark after a massive ice and snow storm cut a swath across the United States Wednesday, knocking down power lines, snarling traffic, grounding flights and forcing schools to close. |
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