Travel was suspended across Europe on Saturday as heavy snow blanketed cities and frigid temperatures set in after a week of deadly early-season storms.
Flights were suspended in Munich and Dublin on Saturday after a winter storm dumped snow on southern Germany and parts of Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, disrupting travel across the continent.
Hundreds of flights in and out of Munich were canceled and are not expected to resume until Sunday morning, the airport announced.
The video captured the planes and the Munich airport runway covered in white. as crews worked to clean up the winter mess.
According to the tracking service Flightaware, delays of an hour or more were recorded at airports in London, Vienna and Zurich.
Ten flights to Dublin, including one arriving from Munich and another departing for Amsterdam, were canceled as snow and ice conditions created dangerous conditions, the Irish Independent reported.
Heavy snow fell across Europe, including Germany, where travel was disrupted and people were injured. AP
Glasgow Airport suspended all flights on Saturday morning due to “heavier than expected snow” but resumed flight operations several hours later. it said in X.
In Austria and Switzerland, the snow raised alarms about possible avalanches.
Sporting events across the UK have been cancelled, including 11 Scottish football matches.
Last week, 10 people died in snowstorms that hit Ukraine, leaving some trapped in thousands of stranded vehicles, according to officials.
The Guardian reported that 1,500 cities and towns in the war-torn nation were left without power, and a snowstorm in Odessa left 2,500 people needing rescue and around 850 vehicles requiring towing.
Four people were reported dead in Moldova as a result of snowstorms. Two of the bodies were recovered from cars buried under snow.
Winter has even reached the summits of Hawaii, where the first flakes of the season were seen as the Kona Low weather system brought heavy rain to lower elevations beginning Wednesday.
It is expected to decrease over the weekend, according to Fox Weather.
The dormant Mauna Kea volcano, which sits at an elevation of 13,800 feet, received about 5 inches of snow. Mauna Kea Weather Center
Before weakening, the system drenched East Maui with a much-needed 10 inches of rain and 2 feet of rain drenched the Big Island.
The dormant Mauna Kea volcano received about 5 inches of snow on Thursday.
“It was winter starting at the summit, just like we’re seeing in other parts of the U.S. this time of year,” Fox Weather meteorologist Samantha Thomas told The Post.
While those patterns can be expected, experts are watching for several feet of snow that will continue to fall through Saturday in Oregon and Washington.
Heavy snowfall will be limited to higher elevations, resulting in increased risk of flooding on the west-facing slopes of the Cascades.
Heavy snowfall confined to high elevations in Washington and Oregon may cause rain and flooding in those areas. Getty Images/iStockphoto
“Simply put, we are now getting tons of heavy rain falling on top of the feet of snow that just fell, increasing the threat of flooding. So that will be the concern as we move into Sunday, Monday and Tuesday across the Pacific Northwest,” Thomas said.
Heavy rain and high-elevation snow will continue across the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains and parts of the Great Basin through the weekend, the National Weather Service forecast.
As for the East Coast, New Yorkers can expect more rain over the weekend. fake images
Rain will also return to the New York area overnight and continue into Sunday, with up to an inch possible and temperatures in the 50s. The sun is expected to return on Monday, but the thermometer will remain in the 50s.
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