Bitter cold in Europe kills 8, halts air traffic

8:08 AM Thursday Dec 2, 2010 Share Email Print Are you a Kiwi who has been hit by Europe’s cold snap? Expand Shrink Heavy snow and subzero temperatures swept across Europe, killing at least eight homeless people in Poland, closing major airports in Britain and Switzerland and causing hundreds of highway accidents. A location in the Scottish highlands recorded Britain’s lowest-ever temperature reading, a chilling minus 27 degrees. Gatwick, London’s second largest airport, and Geneva, a major hub for low-cost carrier Easyjet, were forced to shut down as staff struggled to clear runways of snow. Edinburgh airport in Scotland, Leeds airport in northern England, and Chambery and Grenoble in…

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Bitter cold in Europe kills 8, halts air traffic

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