NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: With icy canals in Amsterdam and snow-covered streets in Paris, the big freeze in Europe continues to hit hard

Record ID: 333249

  • Title: NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: With icy canals in Amsterdam and snow-covered streets in Paris, the big freeze in Europe continues to hit hard
  • Date: 9th February 2012
  • Summary: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (FEBRUARY 8, 2012) (REUTERS) WOMAN SKATING ON A FROZEN CANAL PEOPLE SKATING ON THE CANAL CHAIR ON THE ICE AND MAN SKATING BICYCLES ON THE BRIDGE AND SKATERS ON THE CANAL PEOPLE PUTTING SKATES ON GIRL ON ICE COUPLE HOLDING HANDS AND SKATING AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (FEBRUARY 7, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SUNKEN HOUSEBOAT TRAPPED IN FROZEN CANAL PARIS, FRANCE (FEBRUARY 8, 2012) (REUTERS) EIFFEL TOWER SNOW COVERED STREETS IN FRONT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER SNOW ON BANKS OF THE RIVER SEINE PEDESTRIANS ON SNOW-COVERED STREETS VARIOUS OF WORKERS CLEARING SNOW AND PUTTING SALT ON STREETS VARIOUS OF SNOW-COVERED STREETS
  • Embargoed: 24th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Netherlands, France
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  • Country: Netherlands
  • Topics: Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVAEPHL9G9UZD0KEOGU4ZV6BDDAX
  • Story Text: With its frozen canals, Amsterdam became a skater's paradise and Paris received another shower of snow on Wednesday (February 8), as a wave of exceptional cold swept in from eastern Europe.
    In the Netherlands, suffering from its coldest spell in 15 years, the snow was good news for some. Amsterdam residents donned their ice skates and made the most of the chilled canals.
    In Paris, the Eiffel tower gleamed over the snow-covered streets, as shivering pedestrians walked past.
    Temperatures in the French capital have remained below freezing for at least five days prompting concerns that the country's electricity would be overloaded as French weather authority Meteo France extended its severe weather warning for the whole of the eastern half of the country.
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