Flights grounded at Munich airport, Bayern Munich’s dwelling match towards Union Berlin additionally referred to as off.
Heavy snowfall in a single day has paralysed air and rail connections within the southern German state of Bavaria, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded.
All flights had been grounded at Munich Airport, a key regional and worldwide hub, till 6am (05:00) GMT on Sunday, the airport mentioned. Air site visitors had initially been suspended till midday (11:00 GMT) on Saturday.
“Passengers are strongly advised not to travel to the airport today [Saturday] and to check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport tomorrow,” airport authorities mentioned.
⚠️⚠️⚠️Because of the persevering with heavy snowfall, there shall be no air site visitors most likely till 6 a.m. tomorrow, Dec 3.
Please don’t journey to the airport in the present day and test the standing of your flight together with your airline earlier than touring to the airport tomorrow: https://t.co/Jx2wmZft2d pic.twitter.com/e3KgTJZyoT— Munich Airport (@MUC_Airport) December 2, 2023
German airline Lufthansa famous the knock-on impact of the closure of Munich airport, saying that many different airports in Germany, together with the one in Frankfurt “are affected with limited flight operations”.
The extreme climate, which is anticipated to proceed, additionally disrupted rail providers in Bavaria, with the principle railway station within the capital, Munich, delivered to a digital standstill.
Regional and long-distance providers to and from the principle transport hub had been quickly suspended, together with connections with the Austrian cities of Salzburg and Innsbruck. Passengers on some trains in Munich and Ulm needed to spend the night time on trains.
The railway assumed that the restrictions would proceed all through Saturday. “We recommend postponing journeys to and from Munich,” mentioned a spokesperson quoted by the dpa information company.
Bayern Munich’s match cancelled
Bayern Munich’s dwelling match towards Union Berlin was referred to as off due to heavy snowfall on Saturday.
⚠️ Right now’s Bundesliga dwelling match towards @fcunion_en has been postponed as a consequence of excessive snowfall in Munich.
Extra particulars ➡️ https://t.co/DNnIiMcdh2#FCBFCU pic.twitter.com/FO4lm5oMV6
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) December 2, 2023
“Even if it had been possible to get the pitch at the Allianz Arena in a condition that would have allowed the match to go ahead by the afternoon, safety risks and the traffic situation made cancellation unavoidable,” the membership mentioned in a press release.
“Snow falling from the roof at the Allianz Arena poses an incalculable risk for spectators. In addition, it is almost impossible to get to the stadium,” it added.
Underground providers, buses and trams additionally initially stopped operating within the Bavarian capital. There have been quite a few accidents on the roads in southern Bavaria, most of which police mentioned resulted in property injury, dpa mentioned.
The German Climate Service anticipated heavy snowfall to proceed within the south, southeast and components of the north of the state.
Many smaller roads outdoors of built-up areas had been closely snow coated or blocked by fallen bushes because the removing of site visitors obstructions continued.
Police in Decrease Bavaria, the area northwest of Munich, mentioned they responded to 350 incidents associated to snow and ice between Friday night time and early Saturday, a few of which led to minor to average accidents.
Components of the neighbouring state of Baden-Wurttemberg additionally obtained as much as 40cm (15.7 inches) of snowfall in a single day, inflicting bushes to topple and block roads.
In response to police, a 54-year-old driver died when his automobile spun and collided with a van on Friday night within the city of Emmingen-Liptingen. The motive force of the van was unhurt.
In Austria and Switzerland, the brand new snowfall led officers to boost the alarm concerning the hazard of avalanches. The provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in western Austria raised their avalanche warnings to the second-highest stage after the area obtained as much as 50cm (20 inches) of snow in a single day.