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Snow and wind/ Amsterdam Airport cancels at least 800 flights

2026-01-07 21:48:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Snow and wind/ Amsterdam Airport cancels at least 800 flights

Snow and ice continue to wreak havoc across parts of Europe, cancelling flights and blocking roads, with around 1,000 people forced to spend the night at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as staff worked to clear snow from the runways.

At least 800 flights were canceled on Wednesday at Schiphol, one of the busiest aviation hubs in Europe.

Stephan Donker, an airport spokesman, told Reuters it was an “extraordinary situation,” adding that Schiphol had set up several hundred beds, providing pillows, blankets, food and drinks for passengers. In the rest of the Netherlands, many schools were closed and authorities urged people to work from home.

In Paris, about 100 flights were canceled at Charles de Gaulle airport and 40 more at Orly as Storm Goretti swept in from the Atlantic coast, blanketing the French capital with snow. Public bus services in Paris and surrounding suburbs were suspended due to icy roads, although most metro and suburban rail systems were operational, transport officials said. The Météo France weather service said 38 of the country's 96 metropolitan departments - the mainland and Corsica - were on alert for heavy snowfall and black ice, with 3 to 7 cm (about 1 to 3 inches) of snow already accumulated.

The cold snap was said to be of "rare intensity for the season". Authorities had already warned people in the Paris region to avoid unnecessary travel on Wednesday and to work from home if possible. On Tuesday, five people were confirmed dead in road accidents in France. In Spain, snow and cold caused the suspension of a passenger rail line near Madrid and disrupted more than 40 roads.

Snow and heavy rain overnight caused travel disruptions across the western Balkans. In the town of Knin, in northwestern Croatia, passengers were stranded on a train for more than 12 hours after trees fell on the tracks. Several towns in eastern Bosnia and western Serbia declared a state of emergency after power and water outages. /CNA, translated by The Guardian





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