Munich [Germany], December 4: The heavy snowfall at the beginning of the season has affected many regions in European countries, disrupting traffic.
According to CGTN, heavy snowfall this early winter occurred in many areas in the UK while a snowstorm swept across southern Germany and some areas in Austria and Switzerland. Heavy snow also fell, affecting traffic throughout the Czech Republic.
Snowfall in southern Germany , especially the Bavarian capital of Munich, affected hundreds of flights over the weekend, according to AFP. The weather forecast agency said snow fell from the night of December 1 to the morning of December 2, with a thickness of more than 40 cm. Authorities have urged residents to stay off the streets to ensure safety.
Bavarian broadcaster BayerischerRundfunk reported that the amount of snowfall in Munich from December 1 to December 2 was the heaviest recorded since data were compiled in 1933.
By the morning of December 3, flights at Munich airport were restored after a day of stopping, according to AFP. However, the airport operator recommends that passengers check flight schedule information from airlines before traveling to the airport. A total of 760 flights were affected as of December 2.
Munich's main train station was also closed all day on December 2, long-distance trains were stopped and the city's public transport system was also inoperative.
Rail operator Deutsche Bahn said disruptions would last until at least December 4, especially on routes to Austria and Switzerland, due to weather damage to infrastructure.
In the Netherlands, a series of flights to and from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport were canceled on December 3 due to snowfall. Reuters cited data from the airport website as of noon on December 3 showing nearly 150 flights canceled.
Dutch airline KLM announced that it had canceled 65 flights within Europe in the afternoon and evening of the same day.
The Russian capital Moscow received a record snowfall on December 3 compared to the same day in previous years, with 10.7 mm of snow in 12 hours, TASS agency quoted Director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand. said. This is also the record amount of snowfall recorded in the center's 145 years of weather monitoring. The previous record was 9.4 mm on December 3, 1980.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper
