Snow wreaks havoc on Northern Europe

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Staff Sgt. Robert Schoonover, of the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, works on a faulty engine sensor on a C-17 at Ramstein's flight line Monday. Snow swept across northern Europe, causing delays at commercial airports and major traffic problems.


Snow wreaks havoc on Northern Europe
By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The first snow of the New Year swept across northern Europe on Monday, putting the brakes on commutes, causing delays at some of the continent’s major airports and extending the holidays for some schoolchildren.

As much as 5 inches of snow were expected to fall on some U.S. bases in Germany by Monday evening, according to the Air Force’s 21st Operational Weather Squadron at Sembach Air Base, Germany.

Most U.S. bases in the country were expected to get at least 2 inches before bedtime.

About 4 inches of snow had fallen by midday in Belgium, where students in the Army garrison of Brussels got the day off from school. Much of the United Kingdom also got blasted.

Heavy snow in western Germany grounded flights at Düsseldorf for three hours, and more than 30 flights were canceled. Flights from Frankfurt were delayed as much as an hour because of weather.


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