Deep freeze strands thousands in northern Finland
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Key Points:
- Thousands of tourists were stranded at Kittilä airport in northern Finland after flights were canceled due to extreme cold, with temperatures dropping to minus 37 degrees Celsius.
- The severe cold, expected to reach nearly minus 40 degrees Celsius, has made aircraft de-icing and airport operations difficult in Finnish Lapland.
- This year's winter cold is more intense than usual, impacting large parts of northern, central, and eastern Europe with heavy snowfall, high winds, and icy roads.
- In Germany, rail services remain disrupted with delays and cancellations, and schools in North Rhine-Westphalia will switch to online learning due to icy road forecasts.
- Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia have issued travel warnings and snow alerts,
