On Tuesday, flights were suspended at Vienna airport due to freezing rain, and traffic was also disrupted in neighboring Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Last week, Europe was battered by snow and freezing temperatures. Gale-force winds and storms killed about 15 people, disrupted travel, forced schools to close, and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people.
All outgoing aircraft were placed on hold early on Tuesday, and inbound flights were rerouted to other airports due to a heavy covering of ice on the Vienna airport runways.
Due to multiple train connections experiencing disruptions and cancellations, Austria’s state railway firm OeBB also encouraged passengers to postpone non-urgent travel.
Due to inclement weather, the airport in Bratislava, Slovakia, was also closed early on Tuesday.
Due to “extreme” snow and ice in the country’s west, Slovak police on Facebook advised citizens not to travel.
In the Czech Republic, ice was also making it difficult to travel by car and train.
Firefighters had to de-ice the runways as Prague Airport came to a complete halt.
According to Prague’s emergency services, which the CTK agency cited, some fifty persons were treated for injuries caused by the icy conditions.
Since a significant portion of Hungary experiences severe winter conditions, meteorological agencies also issued warnings for freezing rain and snowfall.
While authorities reported drift ice on the Danube and Tisza rivers, where icebreakers have been placed on alert, trains and planes were experiencing delays.
Currently, Lake Balaton in the country’s west is frozen, a somewhat uncommon occurrence that occurs roughly every ten to fifteen years.
Authorities cautioned the public to exercise caution because the ice is still too thin for skating.
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