Gale-force winds and floods are striking several countries in northern Europe as the region endures more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend.
Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endured more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend.A flight arriving from Greece skidded off the runway while landing in LeedsThree deaths in the UK have been blamed on the bad weather.
Eastern Scotland continued to bear the brunt of the stormy weather, with British forecasters issuing a new "red" warning, its highest, for parts of the region going into the weekend.A street in front of the cafes in the German port city of Kiel is flooded by the Baltic Sea."This is an exceptional event, and we are likely to continue to see significant impacts with the potential for further flooding and damage to properties.
"I cannot stress how dangerous conditions are in Brechin in particular," said Scotland's first minister, Humza Yousaf.Several major road sections and rail routes were closed in Scotland, while air passengers were facing flight cancellations. A passenger plane arriving from the Greek island of Corfu skids off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport in England."We are working with the airline, relevant operations teams and emergency authorities to address this situation and remove passengers from the aircraft safely," a spokesperson for the airport said.The Danish Meteorological Institute wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it expects water levels "to exceed the 100-year event in several places".
A bridge near Norway's second-largest city was protectively closed, the Bergens Tidende newspaper said. Ferries across the region were cancelled and air traffic was hampered, with delays and a few cancellations.Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to halt normalisation with Saudi ArabiaAhmed Yassin was a quadriplegic refugee who ran a charity. How did he end up founding Hamas?
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