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Winter Blast Cripples European Travel With Mass Flight Cancellations and Rail Halts

Fresh alerts signal continued cold, localized snow, further operational limits.

Overview

  • In the Netherlands, Schiphol canceled about 450 flights and Dutch rail operator NS suspended service around Amsterdam and Utrecht.
  • France’s civil aviation authority ordered airlines to cut roughly 15 percent of flights at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orly after heavy snowfall.
  • About half of flights were canceled at Sarajevo’s airport, and Stockholm Arlanda reported numerous cancellations and delays as snow disrupted schedules.
  • Extreme lows were logged with minus 30.6°C in Kvila in Czechia and minus 10.9°C in Shap in England, with Slovakia seeing readings near minus 20°C.
  • Romania reported isolated villages and at least 42,000 households without power, Austria issued a cold warning for the west with forecasts down to about minus 17°C, and Spain’s Aemet maintained storm Francis alerts for ten regions.