2023-12-03 05:00:00
Time.news – From scorching heat to snowstorms, with a single denominator: the extreme weather events who give no respite tocentral Europe. Heavy snowfall and ice resulted road blocks and slowdowns on dozens of highways and railway lines in and between many countries Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland.
LMunich airport, one of the crucial hubs of continental air traffic, confirmed the closure and cancellation of all flights even in the early hours of today’s morning, Sunday. The Bavarian airport also suffered internet disruptions. In Switzerland and Austria there are even fears of avalanches for which the alert remains high, while many long-distance railway lines have suffered significant slowdowns. In some cases the frost also imposed serious disruptions to rail service with dozens of canceled or delayed connections.
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Bad weather in Poland
In Bavaria and other eastern German states, particularly affected by the bad weather, it was also necessary to close the traditional Christmas markets and cancel league football matches. Many ski lifts for skiers also blocked in Austria.
The snowfall brought the Rhaetian Railway (FR) and many Alpine connections to a standstill Swiss where several lines in the Grisons are still interrupted: “replacement transport is only partially possible”, reports the Swiss television broadcaster RSI.
Severe inconveniences in half of Switzerland due to the snow
— RSI Info (@RSIInfo_) December 2, 2023
The Alpine Skiing World Cup also paid the price for the extreme bad weather with the cancellation of the races scheduled in Zermatt/Cervinia and Beaver Creek (Colorado, USA) due to prohibitive weather conditions. Abundant snow is also expected today (Sunday). France where the drizzle typical of the period will give way to much colder temperatures (between -2 and -6 degrees celsius). Snow, announces France Metéo, will also arrive in the Pyrenees. For now, the alarm will not be lifted even in the Czech Republic, where some places have also suffered interruptions in energy supplies in recent days
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