Europe Alert: severe weather impacts travel through much of the region March 12, 2013

France24.com reported that unseasonably severe weather struck much of France on Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of homes temporarily without electricity and paralysing travel across Europe. Just when many in France allowed themselves hope that spring may be around the corner, a fresh flurry of heavy snowfall struck much of the country, leaving tens of thousands of homes without electricity and disrupting travel across Europe. French weather service Metéo France put two regions in the northwest on red alert – the highest possible – and 28 other regions across the country’s north and northwest on orange alert because of the winter storm, calling the snowfall “remarkable for the season because of the expected quantity and length of time”. Read Article