The Heaviest Snow in Almost Two Decades
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This is the latest news from the UK, where a heavy snow has hit London and the south east for the first time in 18 years.
London and the South East of England has been hit by one of the heaviest snow for the time in eighteen years at the weekend. It started in the evening on Sunday and continued through the night until Monday afternoon. The impact of the snow has been catastrophic as it caused million of commuters’ disruption. London transport, motorways, railways services, and buses have been one of the worst affected. It was reported that London buses stopped working all day due to the fear of accident and heavy snow.
Most banks, businesses and schools were shut and it has cost the UK economy about £1.3 billion. “London’s public transport system buckled under the stress, with all but a handful of bus routes cancelled today and 10 of the 11 underground lines either completely or partly suspended.” Snow Brings Britain Travel Chaos
World’s busiest International airport Heathrow has cancelled several of its fights leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Heathrow is not the only London airport that has cancelled fights, London City Airport, Gatwick and Stranded have also cancelled several of their flights. So far the snow has cost the lives of two brothers.
The impact of the snow has been on London hospitals as the guardian reported on Monday that London Ambulance Service responded to “650 calls between midnight and 7am”. “The London Ambulance Service said it was responding only to “life-threatening” emergency calls because it was under pressure and had received more than 650 calls between midnight and 7am.” London Stock Market felt the shock of the snow and many traders worked for few hours and headed home early due to the fear of snow on Monday.
According to some newspaper reports the snow settled to a depth of 17 to 25cm. According to the London paper London this is deepest snow since 1964. “Millions of commuters were left stranded as up to 7in (17.5cm) of snow fell in just a few hours, and with more snow on the way, the capital will receive its deepest covering since 1964”. Travel Chaos as Heaviest Snows for Half a Century Grip Capital
It is expected that the weather is going to be even worse as the snow continues through Monday night to Tuesday morning and temperatures reaches to -2C. According to London paper the Met office has warned that there will be showers coming from the North Sea.
7 Comments
A great article. Britain was brought to an absolute standstill. Even in Eastbourne where I live we have seen more snow in one year than for many years put together.
Christine
Very nice article. I also have tons of snow here in the north east of the USA. Yuk! Looking forward to spring!
Interesting how everythig slowsdown or completely stops just becouse of snow. Where I live we have loads of snow every year but we have to deal with it, still have to go to work, school….I guess we are ready for it and London isnt. With the climate changing rapidly we should expect the unexpected.
Thanks for a good article Abdul. Looking forward reading more.
It is interesting to see how a little snow shuts down cities not prepared for it. I have lived in both Indiana and Colorado where 7-8 inches was regular and we wouldn’t have to make many adjustments in most cases. Brian
I read your Article . That was very Astonishment conditon in GREAT BRITAIN. Inspite i like snow and some time it is enjoyable.
good article.
Nice Article. speacially about snow.
Extreme weather are happening all over the world. I live in a country without snowfall, so I never thought snow could cause so much trouble. Great article.