Officials said a 65-year-old man was found frozen to death outside his home in northern Romania and an 83-year-old woman collapsed on the street unconscious and was covered in snow. Some drivers were stranded all night by the snow. Officials closed dozens of roads in south and east Romania on Tuesday after heavy snowfall overnight. At least three deaths have been reported. Strong snow is expected Wednesday in northeast England and Scotland as the intense wintry weather continues.īlizzards are battering Romania and leaving scores of roads blocked by snowdrifts. The affected networks include Greater Anglia, the London Overground, South Western Railway and others.īritish Airways cancelled a number of short-haul flights while trying to preserve its long-haul schedule to and from London Heathrow Airport. Major train companies reported cancellations and disrupted service. Met Office forecasters said some rural communities could be completely cut off with power cuts and weakened mobile phone signals. Snow and ice warnings were in place Tuesday in eastern Britain. Heavy snow in parts of Britain is causing disruptions to road, rail and air travel and has forced hundreds of schools across the country to close. But the idea is to protect people from themselves and to push them toward shelters.”īrussels has around 1,000 places available for homeless people during the winter. Brussels Mayor Philippe Close isn’t going quite that far but he told The Associated Press Tuesday that social workers and police are being firm to stop people freezing to death.Ĭlose said: “We won’t put them in jail.
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