When I wrote about this heavy snowfall on Monday, there weren't as much information on it yet because it was just starting. Now I will report on it again and hopefully have more information.
In Poland, at least eight homeless people have been killed due to the heavy snow and subzero temperatures. Major airports in Britain and Switzerland are closed. London's second largest airport was forced to shut down Wednesday as staff struggled to clear runways of snow. This winter weather caused some 2,000 accidents on German roads. In Austria a 69-year-old retiree froze to death overnight when slipped on a snow-covered bridge on his way home and lost consciousness. Many flights were delayed and canceled. Meteorologist Heinz Maurer said, "We've got unusually cold air over large parts of the eastern Atlantic, and where that meets warm air coming for example from the Mediterranean you have a lot of snow." In Poland, police were looking for homeless people and getting them into shelters.
I'm glad to hear that in Poland they have police out searching for homeless people and finding shelters for them. This kind of relates to what we learned recently in class with cold air and warm air meeting, which gives a lot of snow. I'm just waiting to see what they aftermath will be. At this point Europe is taking precaution by cancelling flights and closing airports. Europe is a more developed country, so I am thinking that they will have a plan for what to do once the storm is over. They can also forecast what the weather will be like and warn people about what's coming their way. With these warning, I would hope that people will make some wise decisions and stay indoors and not end up like the one person who froze to death. This event has caused many tragedies and I hope it doesn't do any more damage than it already has.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2010-12-01-europe-winter-weather_N.htm
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