Bad weather in central and western Europe – Flight cancellations in Britain, the Netherlands, Germany

Spongeous snowfall caused major traffic problems in England this morning, where Manchester and Liverpool airports closed their runways landing-off.

Many inches of snow fell in England and Wales on Saturday night to Sunday.

In West Yorkshire (north England), the ground was covered this morning by snow 12 cm high, it became known by British weather service Met Office.

Up to 40 cm of snow fell in certain areas at an altitude above 300 metres.

Manchester Airport (northern England) reported to X shortly after 07.00 local time that take-off runways remain closed. “Operations will be repeated as soon as possible,” he noted the airport, recommending passengers to contact their airline.

At Liverpool Airport (north) “the teams are working frantically to clear the takeoff runway”, which has also been closed.

Traffic, on the contrary, resumed at Birmingham and Bristol airports, where take-off runways closed at night.

Snowfalls also caused road traffic problems. No one:

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The managing company National Highways said many roads in northern England closed at night. In Hampshire (South England), a section of the highway to the north closed this morning due to the flooding caused by the snow which fell during the night, according to National Highways.

The managing company warns about the possibility of frosting on many roads. In addition, at least one railway line in the area of Leeds (north), closed.

Breaks in electricity hit many households in England and Wales. The situation is expected to improve today in many regions of England, according to the Met Office.

Dozens of flights cancelled at the airport Shiphole due to bad weather

At least 70 flights were cancelled and in others there were delays at the Shiphol Airport in Amsterdam due to strong snowfalls, said today a spokesperson.

As he explained, snowing machines began to remove snow at the airport this early this morning and Shiphall is expected to be reopened around noon. However, there may be delays.

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Cancellations and delays in hundreds of flights to Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart are caused by the bad weather affecting central and western Europe. Depression of phenomena is expected from the afternoon.

The most serious problems are found at Frankfurt Airport, at least 120 take-offs and landings from the 1,090 originally planned for today have already been cancelled, he told the German news agency dpa a representative of the airport management company, Fraport. Landing corridors had to be cleared because visibility was poor, while long delays caused by the aircraft’s freezing process due to weather conditions.

At Munich airport the problems are more limited, with a few delays in the implementation of the flight schedule, as at Stuttgart, where the services ask passengers to come to the airport quite earlier.

Problems due to bad weather are also encountered in the operation of railways, particularly in the Frankfurt area, while the authorities are paying particular attention to the roads, where snow or ice may exist. In Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Thuringia some 120 traffic accidents have been recorded since last night, but no serious injuries.

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