Britain & Europe Face More Rain
& Snow: Hard Winter 2010
By Arthur Martin
Iconic Red British Royal Mail Postbox in
Winter
Outlook on February 23, 2010
• Forecasters say the wintry weather which has
cast a miserable spell over Britain since
December will continue for at least another two
weeks.
• Four walkers were hit by an avalanche in a
remote part of the Lake District yesterday. The
party got into difficulties as they made their
way up St Sunday Crag in Patterdale, which has
seen heavy snowfall for the past two days. Two
of the group were airlifted to hospital in Carlisle
while the other two were treated at the scene.
Grounded: Flights were cancelled
at Luton Airport
Geographic Note Inserted:
• In a long period of precipitation, the ground
becomes saturated with water and the
additional rain or melting snow can’t sink into
the ground, so it pools up in low places on the
surface. This can lead to flooding in low-lying
areas.
Flooded: Primrose Hill park in north west
London was swamped after heavy rain
• Up to three inches of snow fell across Wales,
central England and East Anglia. Rain and sleet
caused flooding in parts of London, the South
East and South West.
• Met Office spokesman Dave Elliott said: 'It looks
like this weather is going to stay over the
weekend and into the week after - still very cold
with overnight frosts and risks of further
snowfall.’
• Passengers flying in and out of Luton airport
were severely delayed by snow in Bedfordshire
which forced bosses to close the runway.
Soaked: Rain and sleet caused flooding
in Horndean, Hampshire
• Four flights were cancelled and four diverted
to other airports as staff struggled to clear
the snow off the runway.
• Treacherous driving conditions on many of
Britain's major roads caused a series of
accidents as millions of parents battled to get
their children to school on their first day back
after the half term break.
• The wintry conditions claimed a life on
Sunday as a young father was killed and his
cousin seriously injured when their
homemade toboggan was hit by a car.
Cold comfort: Lambs in Catterick,
North Yorkshire, try to keep warm
Snow plows working at night
• Commuters travelling by train were hit by
delays caused by overrunning weekend
engineering work. Buses replaced trains on
East Midlands Trains' services between Boston
and Grantham in Lincolnshire and on the First
TransPennine Express service between
Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes
Weather-worn: A child battles against
the wind and snow in Cambridge
A crop in a field in the county of Somerset,
western England, lies partially covered with
snow.
The A836 looking north in Altnaharra,
Scotland, which became the coldest place
in Britain this winter.
The Altnaharra bed & breakfast. Forecasters warned
that the far north would record more -20C readings.
Altnaharra Primary School. The village is
fractionally warmer than the South Pole, which
is -22.9C
ELSEWHERE ON THE CONTINENT
A woman walks past a frozen fountain in
the Retiro park in Madrid after a heavy
snowfall.
Shadows of people are seen on street
covered with frozen ice in the Basque city
of Vitoria northern Spain.
People walk on a small cleared strip on a street
covered with frozen ice and snow in the Basque
city of Vitoria northern Spain.
People wait for a bus in a snow covered
street in the Basque city of Vitoria northern
Spain.
A man clears snow from pleasure boats
in the Retiro park in Madrid,
A man clears the way as he tries to move his car ,
stuck between several cars covered with ice and snow
by the cold temperature in the Basque city of Vitoria
northern Spain.
People in Basque Spain wait in line for a public bus,
right, as many cars and pedestrianized streets are
covered with ice and snow.
A Bosnian man rides a bicycle on a pathway
along a flooded river in Doglodi suburb of
Sarajevo, Bosnia.
A Bosnian man walks along a pathway of
sandbags in the flooded river in the Doglodi
suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
People paddle a boat, seen through a car
window, after the Skadar lake flooded land
near the village of Kurilo, Montenegro
A group of wild horses try to escape from the
water after the Skadar lake flooded land near
the village of Ponari, Montenegro
People paddle a boat at the flooded village
of Ponari, some 10 kilometers south of
Montenegro's capital Podgorica.
The frozen Moskva River and a power plant
are seen through a widow of a footbridge
in downtown Moscow, Russia
Snow covered branches seen at Peremilovo
village near a small Russian town of
Dmitrov.
A railway snowplow clears the tracks near Anklam,
northern Germany, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Germany
was hit by heavy snow over the weekend.
A car passes a wall of snow on a roadside near
Eutin, northern Germany, as temperatures
reach minus one degree Celsius
An emergency
telephone is
covered with
snow beside
the highway A1
near Fehmarn,
northern
Germany.
A regional train which was carrying 14
passengers, gets stuck in the snow near Anklam,
northern Germany
Poland