GERMANY: Travel in South-West returns to normal following violent storms over western Europe

Record ID: 333160

  • Title: GERMANY: Travel in South-West returns to normal following violent storms over western Europe
  • Date: 2nd March 2010
  • Summary: B3 BETWEEN FRANKFURT AND DREIEICH, GERMANY (MARCH 01, 2010) (REUTERS) CARS TURNING AWAY FROM TREE BLOCKING STREET POLICE ARRIVING AT BLOCKED STREET WORKER STOPPING TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF TREE BLOCKING STREET TRACTOR ARRIVING AT FALLEN TREE TREE WITH PAN TO SIGN WARNING OF ROAD BLOCKAGES CLEAR-UP WORKERS LOOKING AT DAMAGE WORKERS SAWING TREE TRUNK CORDON WARNING OF FALLEN TREES WORKER WITH SAW WALKING AWAY FROM TREE FRANKFURT AIRPORT TRAIN STATION, FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MARCH 01, 2010) (REUTERS) PASSENGERS WAITING ON PLATFORM DEPARTURES BOARD SHOWING NO INFORMATION PASSENGER LOOKING AT DEPARTURES AT BOARD DEPARTURES BOARD TELLING PASSENGERS TO LOOK AT CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION SIGNS PASSENGERS LOOKING AT DEPARTURES AT BOARD VARIOUS OF DEPARTURES BOARD SHOWING TRAINS RUNNING LATE PASSENGERS ON PLATFORM CLOSE OF AIRPORT SIGN PASSENGERS WAITING ON PLATFORM PAN TO CEILING OF AIRPORT STATION VARIOUS CLOSE OF SHATTERED GLASS PANEL FRANKFURT AIRPORT, FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MARCH 01, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LUFTHANSA FLAGS BLOWING IN WIND OUTSIDE AIRPORT VARIOUS INTERIOR OF AIRPORT
  • Embargoed: 17th March 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA6M1PJ2IIO0XGQ96UWPVOY2EVF
  • Story Text: Clear-up work continued on Monday (March 01) following violent weekend storms across France, Spain and Germany.
    More than a million people were left without electricity and at least 51 people were killed by the low pressure storm, dubbed, 'Xynthia.' In Germany on Monday the storm had weakened and travel was slowly returning to normal.
    German railways reported on their website that passengers should expect minor delays and some cancellations on services around Frankfurt, North-Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
    Services from Frankfurt airport's long-distance railway station have been reopened.
    A spokesman from Frankfurt airport said passengers could expect the resumption of a normal service after Sunday (February 28) saw 241 of 1275 flights domestic and European flights cancelled.
    The German Weather Centre said no further storms were expected but Xynthia's tail could bring colder weather to the north of Germany.
    ENDS.
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