European traffic is chaotic because of snow

Cold weather with heavy snowfall and frozen water conditions are disruptive to travel around Europe with a series of flights and trains being stalled, electricity cut across the board.

In Germany, ice-covered roads have caused many traffic accidents that killed three people and dozens of others were injured, especially yesterday. In the southern city of Stuttgart, about one thousand passengers were stranded overnight at the airport because 70 flights were canceled due to heavy snowfall.

An Italian airplane was stuck at Prague's Ruzyne airport, which was closed because of a snowstorm.(Photo: Reuters)

Meanwhile in the UK, the first snowfall in winter this year has crippled many of the southeastern roads and railways. The route to London capital cannot work. Even the Southeastern Railway Company website. You are stuck because too many visitors have sent complaints.

Temperatures in many parts of France are down to -10 degrees C. The A6 motorway that runs through the eastern part of the country is blocked by snow and there are about 5,000 cars stuck there. More than 200 police and firefighters are mobilized to help drivers deal with this situation.

About 85,000 homes in central France were cut off because of heavy snowfall. The railway system in this region is also completely paralyzed. The Austrian province of Carinthia fell into a similar situation when 12,000 homes lost power due to snowfall, causing trees to fall on the transmission line.

However, the cold weather is good news for ski resorts throughout Europe, which are struggling to run their businesses because of the lack of snow. Ideal weather conditions for this winter entertainment are expected to continue for the rest of the week.

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