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Hundreds of Passengers Stranded as Snow and Ice Disrupt Travel Across Europe
Over 400 flights canceled at Schiphol and up to 40% at Paris airports amid heavy snow, IT outages, and record 1,000km traffic jams, officials reported.
- On Wednesday, heavy snow and a cold snap disrupted travel across Europe, cancelling at least 800 flights at Schiphol Airport and causing more than 700 kilometres of traffic jams.
- An IT outage in the Netherlands suspended all domestic rail services Wednesday, compounding snow disruptions, while Berlin restored power after a suspected far-left attack on high-voltage lines.
- At Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, staff set up hundreds of field beds and KLM said it was overwhelmed with inquiries after more than 400 flights were cancelled.
- Road accidents killed at least five people in France amid snow, a woman died in Sarajevo after a tree collapsed, and local bus and tram services were suspended in the Paris region on Wednesday morning.
- Authorities in the Netherlands told people to plan to stay at home tomorrow as a fresh blizzard is expected overnight, and in Britain, the meteorological office said winter hazards could continue throughout the week.
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Airports have cancelled hundreds of flights and roads have registered thousands of kilometres of traffic jams
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Airports in Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam have had to suspend hundreds of flights, Scotland has closed hundreds of schools and 15,000 people do not have electricity and are completely isolated in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
·Spain
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Unusually strong snowfall causes problems in many countries. In France, several people died in weather-related accidents. Hundreds of flights fell out throughout Europe, people stranded at airports overnight.
·Germany
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More than 900 flights were cancelled in Europe on Wednesday morning due to snow, ice and wind that hit several regions.
·Montreal, Canada
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