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Hundreds of flights canceled, excessive traffic system

BERLIN: thick snow and temperatures below freezing Takat cause a riot situation in Europe last night when more than 800 flights were canceled in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, when the road is snow dilitupi menjejaskan with excessive traffic situation in several other countries before the Christmas greeting.
Up to now, Germany's most extreme terjejas with more than 600 flights were canceled daripda 1.400 schedule, the school was forced to close, when lebuh highway and cause extreme shortness of misfortune that led to at least three people were killed.
Snow also prevented the flight in the Netherlands when jurucakap Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Mirjam Snoerwang said more than 100 flight schedules had to be canceled.

European escort agency, Eurocontrol, said passengers at Schiphol, one of the busiest airports in Europe scheduled to pass at least four and a half hours.

Meanwhile, passengers who miss flights crowded trapped inside a train or bass if the vehicle can not move berikutan those affected by heavy snow.

Weather Agency Netherlands (KNMI) issued a weather warning, heavy snow and danger proclaim guide sebahagian vehicles in the country's huge western region, berikutan increasingly extreme traffic situation in Amsterdam. Rotterdam and The Hague.
Snow also forced the cancellation of 100 flights in Switzerland, when the airfield was closed early kelmarin Geneva, though originally opened before noon when the schedule of flights at Zurich also terjejas.

In Frankfurt, the airport jurucakap Gunnar Scheunemann said 470 flights were canceled until noon and night. Regarding airfield also forced to close for about an hour kelmarin, when at least 1.000 terkandas passengers throughout the night.

Approximately 20 centimeters snow melitupi entire region throughout the night, cause school was forced to close.

Munich airport reports 113 flights were canceled or ditangguh, when more than 20 more were canceled in Duesseldorf and Stuttgard.

Employees who are in Baden-Wuerttemberg said, 108 reported weather-related misfortune left more than 17 people were injured, when two men killed in Nahas in Bavaria.

The snow also caused terjejas travel schedule throughout Britain, where rail canceling schedule, when terbabas vehicles on the highway due to snowy roads.