The weather system, named Storm Larisa by meteorologists, brought gales and blizzards to much of the country.
Hundreds of used cars covered in snow in Corby, Northamptonshire, England, Friday March 10, 2023. The Met Office has issued warnings for northern England, the Midlands, North Wales and Northern Ireland, where"significant disruption" to transport and power supplies is expected. – Trains were canceled, some schools were shut and drivers were stuck for hours on a major highway as a blast of snow and wind hit Britain on Friday for the second time in a week.
Some drivers spent more than seven hours in their cars after traffic ground to a halt on the M62 highway that cuts across northern England. Many roads on high ground in central England's Peak District were impassable, and the train line linking the cities of Manchester and Sheffield was closed by fallen trees.
Freezing Arctic air has sent temperatures plunging this week to as low as -16 C in the Scottish Highlands.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
As city, schools experience growth, Marysville schools asking voters for money in MayHer children went to school in this district and now her grandchildren go here, but Jona Nace isn’t sure where the next generation of children will fit in Marys
Read more »
Working for the weekend: MTA staffs up its LIRR trains when fewer NYers ride“We depend on the MTA to get us there. We need the governor and legislature to ensure the MTA has the resources necessary — and deploys the resources effectively — to save us time and bring N…
Read more »
LIRR moving some trains from Grand Central Madison to Penn Station in response to commuter complaintsMore changes are on the way to try to fix the LIRR scheduling mess. Since the Grand Central Madison terminal fully opened more than a week ago, thousands of passengers have battled commuter chaos. TimMcNicholas reports.
Read more »
Switch to automated trains gets green signal from Metro boardBoard members grilled Metro staff and outside experts on whether the agency was ready to return to automatic train operations, a mode abandoned 14 years ago after a deadly crash.
Read more »
Norfolk Southern CEO Apologizes for Ohio Train Crash in Senate HearingIn a Senate hearing, Norfolk Southern's CEO apologized for the harm caused by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from ABC, TrainsMagazine, and FoxBusiness: NorfolkSouthern EastPalestine
Read more »