Winter

January 6, 2025 11:51 AM

Heavy snowfall disrupts air travel in the UK and Germany

Heavy snowfall has caused significant disruptions to air travel in both the UK and Germany, leading to multiple runway closures and flight cancellations over the weekend, according to reports from CNN and Euro News. In the UK, several airports closed their runways on Sunday due to snow and ice. The UK’s Met Office issued snow and ice warnings across large areas, including most of Northern Ireland, much of Scotland, and central and northern England. Almost all of Wales was also under a yellow...

Winter makes surprise return in Finland

Winter-like weather surprisingly returned to Finland on Tuesday (April 23), with heavy snow falling in and around the capital Helsinki. According to Finnish broadcaster YLE, more than 20 centimetres of snow fell across most of southern Finland. In Espoo, just north-west of Helsinki, 28 centimetres of snow was measured in the morning and more fell in the afternoon. The late spring snow resulted in some public transport stoppages, with the whole tram network shutting down for some h...