(toskanews) – Sheep in the snow, icy roads, difficult transport. Images from the town of Chapel en le Frithin the National Park of Peak Districtin the county of Derbyshire, England, all whitewashed. Because of the Goretti storm shops and schools were closed in some areas. British and German meteorologists urged the population to stay indoors, issuing warnings for ice and wind: level red, the maximum, for the British Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, in the south-west of England.
All of Northern Europe has been hit by strong winds and storms, with disruption to air and rail transport and power outages for hundreds of thousands of people in freezing temperatures. About 50 flights canceled at Heathrow airport in London.
More than 250 schools remained closed across the country Scotlandwhich faced bad weather for much of the first week after the Christmas holidays. Even in France Goretti caused many problems, in Normandy there were power cuts in over 300,000 homes.
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