Flight cancellations and emergencies: An extreme cold wave disrupts Europe

Extreme weather continues to plague Europe. The storm “Gurty”, which blows from the Atlantic coast, hits the continent, which is often considered a cold and snowy destination – but this is not the case now.

The temperatures in southern Europe are dropping and reaching numbers like -10 degrees Celsius, in pictures from different countries you can see unusual snowstorms – and the weather is disrupting the lives of the residents. Hundreds of flights were disrupted and canceled at some of the most important airports in the world, while at the same time traffic jams and other disruptions were recorded.

The main wave of “Gorti” is expected to arrive tomorrow evening in several countries, accompanied by strong winds. Another wave of stormy weather will arrive in the middle of next week.

About 700 flights were canceled today in Schiphol, which marks the sixth day in a row of disruptions at one of the busiest airports in Europe and the world.

More than 1,000 passengers spent the night there, and the airport set up several hundred beds for them and even provided them with pillows, blankets, food and drinks. A Schiphol spokesman said this was an “extraordinary situation”, but added that cancellations are expected tomorrow.

At Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, about 100 flights were canceled, and at Orly, the smaller port in the city, about 40 were canceled. Cancellations and disruptions were also recorded at the international airport of Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and at the same time, the “Eurostar” train service reported cancellations and delays.

• in Hollandmany schools were closed and the country’s authorities urged people to work from home. Only a few main roads were opened to traffic, and several districts even suffered from a shortage of salt.
• in France Trucks were banned in several areas, and bus services in the capital Paris were suspended.
• in spainthe snow and extreme cold led to the suspension of a train line near the capital Madrid and the disruption of more than 40 roads.

• in Croatiaseveral passengers were trapped in a train for more than 12 hours in a town in the northwest of the country – after trees collapsed on the tracks.
• in Bosnia andin Serbia A state of emergency was declared in several towns following power and water outages.
• in Poland, Schools in many areas were closed due to the snow, and some switched to distance learning.
• in Hungary, Heavy snow hit highways and delayed trains and buses.

Here the situation is completely different: the warming trend will continue tomorrow as well, and a kind of “winter storm” will be felt with more than 5 degrees above average. All this, in anticipation of a sharp significant change on Friday, when a winter system will arrive that will include rain, strong winds of more than 90 km/h, lightning, thunder and snow in Hermon. On Saturday, the rain will weaken, although the weather will still be cold and cloudy. Another winter system, like in Europe, is expected next Monday.