Severe cold strands thousands of tourists at Kittilä airport in Finnish Lapland
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Key Points:
- Thousands of tourists were stranded at Kittilä airport in northern Finland due to flight cancellations caused by 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.
- The cold snap has affected large parts of northern, central, and eastern Europe, causing heavy snowfall, high winds, and icy roads that have disrupted travel.
- In Germany, train services remain delayed or canceled, and schools in North Rhine-Westphalia will switch to online classes due to icy road conditions.
- Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia have issued travel warnings and snow alerts in response to bl
