Seasonal snowstorm in Europe makes traffic stagnant

Seasonal snowstorm in the UK has left hundreds of people stranded in cars on the night of March 11 and disrupted the Eurostar high-speed rail service across Europe the next day.

Many people have to sit in the car for 10 hours when cold winds carry ice and snow into England.

Police, lifeguards, snowmobiles, and salt trucks struggled to rescue motorcyclists who could not move in a cold 3 degree Celsius.

The Sussex and Kent counties were the most impacted with the main national roads submerged under 10cm of snow. The city office said this status will last until next week.

Snowy white landscape in Caen, West North France on March 12.

Long car groups had to wait in line through Channel Channel through the Channel because the tunnel was closed for 6 hours due to technical reasons.

Eurostar recommends that passengers not use its services because trains passing through the Channel Tunnel in the UK are disordered due to extreme weather.

Blizzard also caused serious traffic disturbances in Belgium on March 12. Vehicles are stuck on the main roads with a length of 1,600km. Many trains and buses in Brussels and some other cities have been canceled or delayed for departure.

Thalys highway service connecting the French capital of Paris with Brussels also stalled because the snow continued to fall thick. Some schools are forced to close and many cannot work.

In France, snow storms have left more than 68,000 households in the Normandy and Britanny regions.

About 500 cars were stuck near Cherbourg city due to heavy snowfall of 60cm and winds blowing at 100km / hour, while a 491 passenger ferry from Ireland was unable to dock in the area.

Airlines canceled 25% of flights from Roissy airport to Orly airport. Many trains on the Paris-Seebua line as well as TGV highways have to back off.

In the city of Lille, snow and ice made three cars collide, injuring 14 people. As of March 12, 26 regions in northern and northwestern France were placed on alert for heavy snowfall.