Paris sources have stated that currently heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean beaches in the south. According to sources the snowstorms, unusual for much of Europe at this time of year, left roads blocked, thousands of drivers stranded and schools shut, with weather agencies predicting the biting cold would continue in parts of the region.
Accordingly there have also been six deaths in the Czech Republic in recent days, five in Lithuania, four each in France and Slovakia, three in Spain, two each in Italy, Serbia, Romania and Slovenia, and one each in Britain and the Netherlands. Meanwhile one of the Spanish victims was a 39 year old homeless man who had been sleeping in an abandoned truck.
Moreover the World Health
Organization said in a statement, adding that the poor, the homeless and
migrants were often hardest hit that "Those most at risk of cold-related
illness include elderly people, children, and people who have chronic diseases
or physical or mental limitations". Further several flights to Malaga in
southern Spain were diverted because of strong winds.
