Heavy snow brings travel chaos to UK
Heavy snow fell in many parts of the UK on Sunday as Storm Caroline, the biggest storm so far this year, caused widespread disruption with road and air travel severely affected.
Central
England and Wales were the worst hit regions witnessing up to 11 inches
of snow in some places in just a few hours. Northern Ireland was also
slammed.
Sleet and snow fell in central London as temperatures plummeted.
Heavy snow brings travel chaos to UK
Snow falls on St. Paul's Cathedral in central London on Sunday.
(CNN)Heavy
snow fell in many parts of the UK on Sunday as Storm Caroline, the
biggest storm so far this year, caused widespread disruption with road
and air travel severely affected.
Central
England and Wales were the worst hit regions witnessing up to 11 inches
of snow in some places in just a few hours. Northern Ireland was also
slammed.
Sleet and snow fell in central London as temperatures plummeted.
Snow falls on crowds in central London on Sunday.
Pedestrians cross the Millennium Bridge in central London.
Passengers
hoping to flee the winter weather from London's Heathrow Airport faced
cancellations and delays to their journeys, with plenty of planes caught
up in the chaos.
"Weather
across the UK and Europe is resulting in some passengers experiencing
disruption to their journeys. Passengers are advised to check their
flight status with their airline before coming to the airport," a
spokesperson for the airport told CNN.
With outgoing flights disrupted before departing the gates, incoming planes were forced to sit on the tarmac for hours, according to CNN's Nic Robertson who was returning to London Sunday.
Robertson
said his flight had been waiting for a gate to free up for three hours.
Pilots on his airplane told passengers two hours after landing in
London that a further 20 to 30 planes had since arrived in the British
capital and were joining the queue of waiting planes.
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