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Added on the 22/01/2023 09:12:20 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Berlin, Feb 8 (EFE), (Camera: Filip Singer).- Heavy snow has brought land travel to a standstill in several German regions as forecasters predict a week of wintry weather is still to come.Rail services were suspended in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous federal state in the country, neighboring Lower Saxony and Hesse, Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony Anhalt, in the east.FOOTAGE OF BERLIN ON MONDAY.
With snow drifts, black ice and train cancellations, the onset of dramatic winter weather causes considerable traffic disruptions in many places in the north and center of Germany. Deutsche Bahn discontinued numerous connections in local and long-distance traffic, between Hamburg and Hanover and Hamburg and the State of Northrhine Westphalia, where many parts of the highway have been closed to traffic. IMAGES of the highway covered with snow and of the Dortmund train station in the State of Northrhine Westphalia
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