Several smaller French airports closed on Tuesday (6)
Winter temperatures caused chaos this Tuesday (6), for the second consecutive day, in transport in several parts of the country. particularly in the where five people died on Monday due to a blizzard and a cold snap. On Monday, three people died in accidents caused by ice in southwestern France, authorities said, and a taxi driver died in hospital after leaving the road and falling into the River Marne, in the Paris region.
Another driver also lost his life on the same day, east of Paris, after a collision with a vehicle. In the French capital, Monday’s snowfall turned most of the sidewalks into ice rinks, forcing pedestrians to move through the streets and slippery cobblestones.
Across the English Channel, in thermometers dropped to -12.5 °C overnight in Norfolk, in eastern England. The Netherlands also recorded temperatures below -10 °C that paralyzed trains on Tuesday morning. “Last night was the coldest night of the winter so far,” said the British Weather Service, with virtually the entire United Kingdom on alert due to snow and ice.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport faced a second day of cancellations, with more than 400 flights canceled this Tuesday. Trains from the Dutch national rail operator NS returned to service at 09:00 GMT (6:00 in Brasília), but with limited services. Planes also resumed their routes to Liverpool, in northwest England, and Aberdeen, in northeast Scotland, after both airports closed on Monday.
Several smaller French airports closed on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Transport. But the main ones in Paris, Orly and Charles de Gaulle, remained open with no flights cancelled. However, on Wednesday, airlines will have to cancel some of their connections at these Parisian airports due to new snowfall, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot announced this Tuesday. Hungary also faces a second day of snowfall this Tuesday, with roads and railways impassable, especially in the northeast of the country.
