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London (AFP) Dec 7, 2010 Hundreds of motorists in Scotland were stranded on Tuesday following a freezing night spent in their cars on the country's snowbound roads. The country's busiest routes became impassable late Monday in bitterly cold conditions, forcing drivers and passengers in more than 500 vehicles to sleep in their cars. Scotland's government -- which has many powers devolved from the British government in London -- held a crisis meeting as police battled to reach trapped motorists. Stewart Stevenson, the Scottish transport minister, said the country was in the grip of the "worst snow and ice conditions since the 1960s." Many parts of Britain have been hit by the country's earliest widespread snowfalls for 17 years. Around 150 pupils, teachers and parents spent the night in a school in Hamilton, central Scotland, after the heavy snow made it too dangerous for them to make their way home. Glasgow and Edinburgh airports reopened after a short shutdown because of the weather.
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Sub-zero weather kills another 13 in Central EuropeWarsaw (AFP) Dec 6, 2010 Sub-zero weather claimed 13 victims in Poland and the Czech Republic over the last 24 hours, local authorities said Monday, raising the death toll in four EU countries across the region to 79. Police statistics showed nine people died in Poland, raising the death toll from exposure to 45 this month in addition to 15 in November. A total 289 people died of exposure in 2009 in Poland, incl ... read more |
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