Black ice and freezing rain caused disruption in parts of Germany on Monday as a prolonged frost gave way to milder, wetter weather, with trains traveling at reduced speeds, cancellations at the country’s busiest airport and a spate of accidents. of traffic.
The German Weather Service warned of widespread black ice across the country, except in the south and west.
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National rail operator Deutsche Bahn said it had reduced the maximum speed of its trains due to freezing rain and ice. He advised customers on Twitter to expect delays. However, he lifted the restrictions mid-morning.
School-age children help each other on the way to school in icy conditions when rain fell on an icy surface in Frankfurt, Germany, early Monday, December 19, 2022.
(AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Frankfurt airport, Germany’s busiest, said 176 of the day’s 1,100 scheduled departures and arrivals had been canceled as of Monday morning, German news agency dpa reported. A runway was closed and the number of planes that could land was reduced, while the thawing of the planes was also causing delays.
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Schools were fully or partially closed in parts of northwestern Germany. There were numerous traffic accidents, including one on a motorway between Bremen and Hannover in which a 25-year-old man was killed when his car skidded off the road.
