Environment
March 2, 2018 / 3:37 AM / Updated 16 hours ago
Snowstorms shut down Ireland, Britain calls in army for hospitals
DUBLIN/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Snowstorms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to help battle some of the worst weather seen for nearly 30 years.
After a blast of Siberian cold dubbed“the beast from the eastâ€, southern Britain and Ireland were battered by Storm Emma that arrived from the south and blocked roads, grounded planes and stopped trains.
Overnight blizzards left snow drifts up to three feet (90 cm) deep across Ireland and Scotland. The storm knocked out Ireland’s entire public transport network, closing its airports and leaving roads“extremely dangerous,†the government said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-weather/snowstorms-shut-down-ireland-britain-calls-in-army-for-hospitals-idUSKCN1GE0ZB
