Chaos and disruption in European countries due to winter cold and frost

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” In an article, Pasir Nosse Perse pointed to widespread disruption and chaos in many European countries due to winter snowfall and frost and wrote: In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, winter weather causes chaos in train, car and transport traffic. And it’s air travel.

Snowfall and strong winds have caused chaos and heavy traffic in southern Scandinavia. According to the news agency NTB, in several cities in the south-east of Norway – including the country’s capital Oslo – all bus traffic was stopped on Wednesday morning. Accordingly, several schools in this area have been closed due to the lack of access for students and teachers due to the harsh weather conditions.

Oslo Airport operator in front of the station NRK radio confirmed that at Oslo Airport, air transport was temporarily completely suspended early yesterday afternoon.

In southern Sweden, services Trains were halted on several routes on Wednesday due to the storm. This news was announced on the Trafikverket website. According to TT news agency, there have been several accidents on the highways, but no injuries have been reported until yesterday afternoon. Police told TT: At Gothenburg Airport, a plane left the road before takeoff and got stuck in the snow. East Jutland asked to avoid non-essential travel.

Heavy snow and frost also led to a red alert in many parts of Germany, and the center and south of the country are particularly under have been affected. All flights have been suspended at Frankfurt Airport.

In southwest Germany, freezing rain on Wednesday morning caused icy and slippery roads. In general, the German Meteorological Agency warned of a very high risk of frost due to freezing rain in the federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia, as well as Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the south of the country.

Meteorologists announced that staying outdoors and driving during the day should be avoided. According to them, there is a great risk to life and limb in these conditions.

There is also a red alert throughout Bavaria. In some areas the situation is even more critical and a purple alert, the official warning of a severe storm, has been issued. According to officials, power outages in mobile communications are also possible. In the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia and many other cities and regions, face-to-face classes in schools were canceled due to winter weather.

Police in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and also In Saarland – which is in the extreme southwest of Germany – many traffic accidents have already been reported. Drivers were stuck in their vehicles for three hours after a morning crash on the A6 in Saarland. More than 80 accidents have occurred in Saarland alone.

There is also a warning for the south western state of North Rhine-Westphalia due to heavy snowfall. Schools in the region of Aachen, Cologne, Ulp and Winterberg remained closed as a precaution. In Hessen, there are also no face-to-face classes in many schools.

According to these weather conditions at Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s largest air traffic center, approximately 600 flights out of 1047 scheduled flights Planned has been cancelled. A spokesman for the airport said the devices could no longer be safely de-iced. Many plane landings were also canceled.

At Munich Airport, 254 of the 650 scheduled flights and landings were canceled. Saarbrucken Airport has stopped its operations. There are separate disruptions at the capital Berlin’s airport.

Travellers should also prepare for disruption to Deutsche Bahn and bus companies. Railways published the relevant warnings on its website. As a precautionary measure, the maximum speed of ICE trains was reduced to 200 km/h. Many ICE trains between Stuttgart or Frankfurt and Paris, the capital of France, have also been stopped. has made an impact Accidents and traffic disruptions occurred in Alsace and Lorraine. The traffic of trucks is prohibited on the main roads. “Le Républicain Lorrain” newspaper reported that a young woman was killed and other passengers were seriously injured in a head-on collision between two cars near Languedoc late Tuesday evening.

In the northern half of France, severe weather warnings are in effect for 31 departments. Up to 20 cm of snow and difficult road conditions are expected in many areas.

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