GERMANY: Icy roads, snow leads to travel chaos for some and a white Christmas for others

Record ID: 332935

  • Title: GERMANY: Icy roads, snow leads to travel chaos for some and a white Christmas for others
  • Date: 27th December 2010
  • Summary: COLOGNE/BONN AIRPORT, GERMANY (DECEMBER 24, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR COLOGNE/BONN AIRPORT PLANE ON SNOWY RUNWAY VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS GETTING ONTO SNOW COVERED PLANE PLANE ON SNOWY TARMAC BONN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 24, 2010) (REUTERS) PARTIALLY FROZEN POND VARIOUS OF DUCKS IN POND STAIRS TO POND CHRISTMAS TREE IN SNOW VARIOUS OF JOGGER IN SNOW TOWER IN SNOW CARS DRIVING ON ICY ROAD PEDESTRIAN WALKING DOG ON SNOWY PAVEMENT CARS DRIVING ON ICY ROAD
  • Embargoed: 11th January 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Germany, Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVABQAKE69QT9GS48LC4WZ9D0M5D
  • Story Text: Travel chaos continued on Friday (December 24) as travellers in Germany's populous western state of North Rhine-Westphalia battled with icy roads and snow on the runway at the region's Cologne/Bonn Airport.
    Flights were mostly departing from the airport with some cancellations of flights to the capital.
    Car drivers were forced to take the roads slowly as ice caused slippery conditions.
    On a happier note for residents not needing to travel, the snow offered a picture card winter scenery.
    Severe travel disruption has affected a large area of northern Europe with major airports like London Heathrow and Frankfurt among the worst hit.
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