Storm Darcy is coming. How prepared are the British for it?

Railway routes, vaccination centers and schools have been temporarily closed. Orange warnings for ice and snow have been issued in Nottingham, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, as well as in most parts of England and Scotland. Yellow alert for ice and snow. The impact of Darcy

Affected by Storm Darcy, many European countries experienced blizzards and strong winds. On the 7th, traffic in many places in the Netherlands and western and northern Germany was interrupted due to snow, and some areas in the UK also experienced cooling, snowfall and strong winds.

Blizzards and freezing rain severely hampered traffic in many places

Many places in Germany experienced severe weather from the evening of the 6th to the 7th local time: blizzards occurred in the north, freezing rain fell in the center, and some areas Issue the highest level of weather warning.

German media reported on the 7th that many places, including North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, were severely affected, and many roads were blocked. Most of the roads from Hamburg to Hannover, Berlin and many places in the western region were Train services were canceled and rail services between Germany and the Netherlands were temporarily disrupted.

Bad weather also caused frequent accidents: data released by the North Rhine-Westphalia police showed that from the afternoon of the 6th to the early morning of the 7th local time, 222 accidents had occurred there, causing two people to be seriously injured and 26 people to have minor injuries. hurt.

The German Meteorological Department said that the temperature in some areas has plummeted to minus 7 degrees Celsius. It is expected that extremely low temperatures will remain in many places in Germany in the next week. The Meteorological Department calls on people to stay at home as much as possible before the snowstorm ends.

Severe snowstorm caused all new coronavirus testing centers to close

Also affected by Storm Darcy, the Netherlands suffered the worst snowstorm in ten years. Heavy snowfall occurred across the country, railway and civil aviation operations were interrupted, all new coronavirus testing centers were closed, and the Dutch government also canceled its weekly epidemic prevention and control meeting. The Dutch Meteorological Department has issued a red warning, and snowfall and strong winds are expected to continue.

Heavy snowfall and strong winds in the southeast, and the temperature plummeted

Some areas in the UK also experienced the power of Darcy on the 7th. The eastern part of England was the most severely affected, located in the eastern part of Egypt. Two coronavirus vaccination centers in Susex and Suffolk counties have been closed due to the extreme cold weather.

The British Meteorological Department predicts that snowfall in London, eastern and southeastern England will continue until the 8th local time, and there will be "large areas of damaging snowfall" and strong winds in southeastern England. Kent and the northern hills could see up to 30 centimeters of snow, while strong winds could reach speeds of 80 to 90 kilometers per hour along the northeastern coast, with temperatures plummeting to minus 10 degrees Celsius.

Currently, the British Meteorological Office has issued a nationwide yellow ice and snow weather warning, and the severe weather is expected to continue until the 10th local time.