Travel was halted across Europe Saturday as heavy snow blanketed cities and freezing temperatures followed a week of deadly early-season storms.
Flights were grounded in Munich and Dublin Saturday after a winter storm battered southern Germany and parts of Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, disrupting travel across the continent.
Hundreds of flights in and out of Munich were canceled and are not expected to resume until Sunday morning, the airport announced.
A video shot of an airplane and the tarmac at Munich Airport blanketed in white as crews work to clean up the winter mess.
Delays of an hour or more have been reported at London, Vienna and Zurich airports, according to tracking service Flightaware.
Ten Dublin flights have been cancelled, including one arriving from Munich and another departing for Amsterdam, as snowy and icy conditions made conditions dangerous, the Irish Independent reported.
Heavy snow fell across Europe, including in Germany, where travel was halted and people reported injuries. AP
Glasgow Airport suspended all flights Saturday morning due to “heavier snow than forecast,” but resumed flight operations hours later, he said to X.
In Austria and Switzerland, the snow caused officials to sound the alarm for potential avalanches.
Sporting events across the UK have been cancelled, including 11 Scottish football matches.
Last week, 10 people died in a snowstorm that rocked Ukraine, leaving some trapped in thousands of stranded vehicles, officials said.
The Guardian reported that 1,500 towns and villages in the war-torn country were without power, with one blizzard in Odesa requiring 2,500 people to be rescued and about 850 vehicles needing towing.
Four people were reported dead in Moldova due to the snow storm. Two of the bodies were recovered from a car buried in a snowdrift.
Winter is also arriving at the top of Hawaii, which saw its first debris of the season due to the Kona Low weather system that brought heavy rain to lower elevations starting Wednesday.
It is expected to slow over the weekend, according to Fox Weather.
The dormant volcano Mauna Kea, which stands at an elevation of 13,800 feet, received about 5 inches of snow. Mauna Kea Weather Center
Before weakening, the system drenched eastern Maui with a much-needed 10 inches of rain and 2 feet of rain drenched the Big Island.
The dormant volcano Mauna Kea received about 5 inches of snow on Thursday.
“It’s a winter that starts at the peak, just like we’ve seen elsewhere in the US this year,” Fox Weather meteorologist Samantha Thomas told The Post.
While the pattern is predictable, experts are eyeing several feet of snow continuing into Saturday in Oregon and Washington.
Heavy snow will be limited to higher elevations, causing an increased risk of flooding for the west-facing slopes of the Cascades.
Heavy snow limited to higher elevations in Washington and Oregon could lead to rain and flooding in those areas. Getty Images/iStockphoto
“In short, now you’ve got a lot of heavy rain falling on top of a foot of fresh snow which adds to the greater threat of flooding. So that will be a concern as we go into Sunday, Monday and Tuesday across the Pacific Northwest,” Thomas said.
Heavy rain and high snow will continue in the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies and parts of the Great Basin through the weekend, the National Weather Service forecast.
As for the East Coast, New Yorkers can expect more rain through the weekend. Getty Images
Rain will also return to the New York area overnight and continue into Sunday, with up to an inch possible and temperatures in the low 50s. The sun is expected to return on Monday, but the thermometer will remain in the low 50s.
With Postal wire
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