European countries suffer from extreme cold

Severe cold weather is raging some European countries, seriously affecting people's lives.

Europe is suffering from severe cold. (Photo: Internet)

Heavy snowfall and low temperatures forced German and British officials on November 30 to cancel or suspend many domestic and international flights, making air transport stagnant and causing traffic congestion. Road.

In Germany, more than 200 flights originating from Frankfurt Airport, the third busiest airport in Europe, were canceled, while the southern states of this country were submerged in snow.

Meteorological agencies forecast from now until the end of the week, the situation is even worse.

The temperature of some parts of the UK has dropped below minus 17 degrees Celsius. Heavy snowfall and earlier years have paralyzed some of the major transportation routes and hundreds of schools have been closed.

Road, rail and air transport operations, especially the operations of two major airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, are severely affected.

British RSA insurance company estimates that the cold weather could cause damage of up to £ 1.2 billion a day.

In addition, bad weather before the Christmas season is expected to affect the UK economy, threatening the company's business to prepare for the year-end holiday.

Meanwhile, most Polish territory was engulfed in snow. Thick layers of snow on the streets (up to 30cm) have caused hundreds of traffic accidents.

Traffic in the capital Warsaw also stalled for hours.

Czech is also attacked by cold. In many large cities, heavy snowfall creates 25 cm thick ice on the street, while causing widespread power outages and congested traffic. According to preliminary statistics, at least 4 people were killed and 80 injured in road traffic accidents.

In France, the temperature dropped to such an extent that the RTE power supplier warned of power cuts in many places due to a sharp increase in electricity demand. Severe weather also caused officials to cancel up to 20% of high-speed train service to the Southeast.

With temperatures below -30 degrees Celsius, November 30 night is the coldest night in Switzerland for 45 years.

Even Spain and Portugal are suffering from a low heat after snow falls in the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula.