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Outlook on February 23, 2010• Forecasters say the wintry weather which has
cast a miserable spell over Britain since December will continue for at least another two weeks.
• Four walkers were hit by an avalanche in a remote part of the Lake District yesterday. The party got into difficulties as they made their way up St Sunday Crag in Patterdale, which has seen heavy snowfall for the past two days. Two of the group were airlifted to hospital in Carlisle while the other two were treated at the scene.
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• In a long period of precipitation, the ground becomes saturated with water and the additional rain or melting snow can’t sink into the ground, so it pools up in low places on the surface. This can lead to flooding in low-lying areas.
• Up to three inches of snow fell across Wales, central England and East Anglia. Rain and sleet caused flooding in parts of London, the South East and South West.
• Met Office spokesman Dave Elliott said: 'It looks like this weather is going to stay over the weekend and into the week after - still very cold with overnight frosts and risks of further snowfall.’
• Passengers flying in and out of Luton airport were severely delayed by snow in Bedfordshire which forced bosses to close the runway.
• Four flights were cancelled and four diverted to other airports as staff struggled to clear the snow off the runway.
• Treacherous driving conditions on many of Britain's major roads caused a series of accidents as millions of parents battled to get their children to school on their first day back after the half term break.
• The wintry conditions claimed a life on Sunday as a young father was killed and his cousin seriously injured when their homemade toboggan was hit by a car.
• Commuters travelling by train were hit by delays caused by overrunning weekend engineering work. Buses replaced trains on East Midlands Trains' services between Boston and Grantham in Lincolnshire and on the First TransPennine Express service between Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes
The A836 looking north in Altnaharra, Scotland, which became the coldest place
in Britain this winter.
The Altnaharra bed & breakfast. Forecasters warned that the far north would record more -20C readings.
Shadows of people are seen on street covered with frozen ice in the Basque city
of Vitoria northern Spain.
People walk on a small cleared strip on a street covered with frozen ice and snow in the Basque
city of Vitoria northern Spain.
A man clears the way as he tries to move his car , stuck between several cars covered with ice and snow by the cold temperature in the Basque city of Vitoria
northern Spain.
People in Basque Spain wait in line for a public bus, right, as many cars and pedestrianized streets are
covered with ice and snow.
A Bosnian man rides a bicycle on a pathway along a flooded river in Doglodi
suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
A Bosnian man walks along a pathway of sandbags in the flooded river in the Doglodi
suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
People paddle a boat, seen through a car window, after the Skadar lake flooded land
near the village of Kurilo, Montenegro
A group of wild horses try to escape from the water after the Skadar lake flooded land near
the village of Ponari, Montenegro
People paddle a boat at the flooded village of Ponari, some 10 kilometers south of
Montenegro's capital Podgorica.
The frozen Moskva River and a power plant are seen through a widow of a footbridge
in downtown Moscow, Russia
A railway snowplow clears the tracks near Anklam, northern Germany, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Germany
was hit by heavy snow over the weekend.
A car passes a wall of snow on a roadside near Eutin, northern Germany, as temperatures
reach minus one degree Celsius
A regional train which was carrying 14 passengers, gets stuck in the snow near
Anklam, northern Germany
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