“We haven’t experienced such extreme weather conditions in years,” spokesperson Anoesjka Aspeslagh said.
Stranded at Schiphol, Simiao Sun said she feared she would spend her 40th birthday in transit. She had been told she would have to wait three days for a rescheduled flight to Britain where she lives.
A snow-covered forest of the Taunus region, near Frankfurt, on Tuesday.Credit: AP
Boats are anchored on a frozen canal in London on Tuesday.Credit: AP
“My child would miss school and we would both miss work, so I’m queuing here … hoping to get a slightly earlier flight.”
Roads in France were gradually clearing on Tuesday after snow caused severe accidents all over the country, killing at least five people, according to BFMTV news station. Traffic in the Paris area hit a record 1000 kilometres of jams on Monday evening.
Soldiers guard the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday as leaders met to discuss security for Ukraine.Credit: Getty Images
A postwoman delivers the mail in Lumsden, Scotland, on Tuesday.Credit: Getty Images
In Germany, temperatures fell well below -10 degrees in the south and east early on Tuesday. Much of the country was covered in snow.
In Britain, the Meteorological Office said winter weather hazards could continue throughout the week for most of the country. Temperatures overnight to Tuesday had fallen as low as -12.5 degrees in Marham, Norfolk, in eastern England, marking the coldest night of the winter so far.
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Heavy snow and rain have also caused havoc across the Western Balkans, closing roads, cutting power and causing rivers to flood. A woman died in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Monday after a tree overburdened with wet snow fell on her.
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