Photos: Britain blanketed by heaviest snowfall in over 4 years
Updated On Dec 11, 2017 01:38 PM IST
The heaviest snowfall in four years in Britain caused travel mayhem Sunday, while more than 300 flights were cancelled at Germany's busiest airport and a ferry ran aground in the French port of Calais.
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Families took to the hills with sledges near Edale in Derbyshire, England on December 10, 2017. Heavy snow fell across northern and central parts of England and Wales causing traffic disruption, blocked roads and the grounding of flights at Birmingham airport. (Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)
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A snowman and dog on a bench in Worcester as heavy snow fell across parts of Britain. Some 330 flights were cancelled by 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) after snow and sub-zero temperatures struck the region around Frankfurt. In Britain, Birmingham airport, serving the country’s second biggest city, suspended flights for all of Sunday morning, as staff worked to clear the runway. (AP)
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Pedestrians walk over the Millennium Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral in the background in central London. Swathes of central and western Britain were hit by the snowfall, according to the weather service. Sennybridge, in Wales, topped the records with 30 centimetres (12 inches), while light snow and sleet fell through the morning in London, leaving Northolt, on the outskirts of the capital, with a covering of 2 cm, the Met Office said. (Daniel Sorabji / AFP)
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A member of the Household Cavalry is seen on guard at Horse Guard's Parade as snow falls on the British capital on December 10, 2017. The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice across much of the United Kingdom. (Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty Images)
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A remnant from the night before sits on the pavement as people woke up to a blanket of overnight snowfall in in Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom on December 10, 2017. Spokesman Oli Claydon said the last time Britain saw this much snow nationwide was March 2013, and during the winter of 2010. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
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A postman delivers mail while seeming to deny the cold weather by wearing a pair of shorts, in Manchester, England. (Anthony Devlin / PA via AP)
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An abandoned car is parked at the roadside after skidding into a rock on one of the rural roads in Derbyshire, England on December 10, 2017. Police forces in worst-hit Wales and central England urged motorists not to travel unless “absolutely necessary” as they dealt with surging calls. (Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)
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Two boys pull a recently bought Christmas tree on a cart as it snows in Brockwell Park on December 10, 2017 in London. A spokesman for the Highways England agency said there had been road incidents “all over the place”. The flurries continued to fall into the afternoon, threatening to block roads. (Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty Images)
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A fallen tree crushed a campervan on the A40 near Sennybridge, Wales on December 10, 2017. “We’ve gone through the worst of it,” said Oli Claydon in the early afternoon. Most areas impacted would have a “bright, sunny start to Monday,” he added. (Rebecca Naden / REUTERS)
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