Posts under ‘Europe’

A series of strong late-winter storms, charged with Arctic cold and Atlantic moisture, will sweep across northern UK to Scandinavia right through the end of the week. This storminess will break the relatively settled, dry weather that dominated the first week of the month in much of northern Europe.

Snow has fallen anew in the United Kingdom on Friday as another winter storm targets western Europe. This latest storm has laid down up to 10 cm, or 4 inches, of snow over the English Midlands into parts of the north and neighboring Wales. Snow fell for a time in the cities of Birmingham, Manchester, [...]

Over half of the city of Venice was under water early Friday morning, a result of tidal flooding and locally heavy rain. Strong southerly winds, known as a sirocco wind, have been blowing since Thursday. These winds have been blowing across the Adriatic Sea, pushing water northward into the lagoon city. This has led to [...]

Severe winds and slashing rain have disrupted transportation in northwestern Europe with Ireland and the United Kingdom thus far bearing the brunt of the storm. Ferry sailings to and from Douglas, Isle of Man, were scrubbed on Thursday, BBC reported. In Wales, road closures and restrictions related both to wind and to flooding were also [...]

A powerful storm system lashed out at the United Kingdom on Monday and Tuesday leaving behind widespread flooding and nearly a half of foot of snow in some places. AccuWeather.com forecasters expect a second storm system to bring even more wintry weather on Thursday. Tropical storm force winds hit the island as heavy rain flooded [...]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by days of heavy rain have killed at least four people, forced mass evacuations and cut off power to thousands in central Europe and weather forecasts offered no hope of respite in coming days. In southern Poland, one woman in her 60s and a 45-year-old man perished on Monday [...]

Several airports have closed again today, as upper level winds from the north west bring volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajokull towards the UK. In England, East Midlands, Manchester, Liverpool, Doncaster, Humberside and Carlisle airports have been affected, with many flights cancelled. Airports in Northern Ireland, Prestwick near Glasgow, some on Scottish islands and the Isle of [...]

A storm crossing Italy Saturday will rapidly strengthen through the weekend, bringing heavy rain and strong to severe thunderstorms to southeast Europe. Rain, some heavy, will soak areas from Slovenia and Croatia to southern Ukraine. Flash flooding is possible in these areas this weekend.

Quad bikes are to be fitted with snow ploughs and gritting units to tackle wintry weather in Wrexham town center. The measures were one of several proposed changes to Wrexham council’s winter service policy, following one of the harshest seasons on record. Other proposals include increasing the county’s salt storage provision from 4,000 tonnes to [...]

(CNN) — Iceland will close two airports on Friday for the first time, a week after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the shutdown of airspace over much of Europe and stranded thousands of passengers around the world, the Icelandic aviation authority announced Thursday. The Keflavik International Airport and Reykjavík International Airport will be closed [...]