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7am.com News
Bitter
weather is causing chaos throughout much of Europe and police
have urged people to stay at home, rather than risk sub
zero temperatures outside.
Forecasters
predict the severe chill will last until at least tomorrow
and probably longer.
In Britain,
where 7 inches of snow has fallen in many places and temperatures
have been as low as 10 degrees, the transport systems have
failed to cope. Trains have been delayed or cancelled, airports
are closed and freezing fog and black ice are disrupting
road traffic.
The
sea in some northern British ports has frozen over.
Eastern
and northern Europe are also struggling against snow, ice
and sub zero temperatures. The mercury in Berlin, Moscow
and other capitals, has been as low as –15 degrees.
In southern
Europe, which has had rain rather than snow, there’s
been flooding and 2,000 people were forced to evacuate their
homes in Montenegro.
Weather
forecasters say the worst is by no means over. A deep depression
over the eastern Atlantic will move onto Europe over the
next 48 hours, bringing gale force winds and heavy rain,
which will melt the snow and produce flooding.
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