Air Traffic Halted at Dortmund Airport as Germany Coated in Snow, Ice

Feb. 9, 2021

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Feb. 9—DORTMUND, Germany — Take-offs and landings were cancelled at Dortmund Airport for a second day on Tuesday as large parts of Germany were coated in snow and ice.

The operator said planned flights would be diverted to other nearby airports.

"We are working flat out to get the situation under control," the airport wrote on Twitter.

The winter weather, which has brought heavy snowfall to northern and central regions since Sunday, is forecast to spread this week with freezing-cold temperatures across most of the country.

Overnight to Tuesday, hundreds of people were stranded in their cars on the A2 motorway connecting western cities with Berlin. Some were stuck for over 16 hours.

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