Snow, ice sweep Europe, stranding drivers
Source: AP-Excite
LONDON (AP) Snow and icy weather swept through parts of Europe on Saturday, stranding drivers overnight and leaving thousands of homes without power in Britain.
Snow also covered parts of Switzerland and southwestern Germany, and more than 20 centimeters (nearly eight inches) of snow has fallen in higher parts of Germany's Black Forest.
Many motorists in Britain were forced to abandon their cars or were trapped in vehicles for hours after becoming snowed in. Dozens of people traveling from Sheffield to London spent the night in a church after their bus became stuck.
Parts of northern England saw 11 centimeters (4.3 inches) of snow. Western Power Distribution said 36,000 customers were without power, and another 69,000 had short interruptions to supplies. Staff worked through the night to reconnect customers, but thousands in the East Midlands region were still affected.
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A man clears the street during snowfall in Wiesbaden, Germany, Saturday Dec. 27, 2014. Weather forecasts predict colder temperatures and snowfall for Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Arne Dedert)
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)PERFECTLY NORMAL climate change deniers!
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)As I type this it's 51 degrees at 12:15 a.m. in western New York...
Divernan
(15,480 posts)I got out the garden hose and hosed off spruce needles/pinecones from the terrace & sidewalks.
lebkuchen
(10,716 posts)and I couldn't go cross-country skiing. It was so nice to wake up to snow yesterday and today--it's beautiful. We don't have as much as Wiesbaden, though.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Told me that this is the first time it has snowed there in two years.
They didn't get much, and it didn't stick, because it was too warm there.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Veruca Salt
(921 posts)I've been dying to see snow again and was hoping for some when I looked at the weather for yesterday but no luck!