A nasty cold front blew in last week and it's due to stick around until this weekend. Even here in Paris, which is typically rainy and gray, we've had snow flurries and are expecting more the next few days. Maybe this is the worst that we're going to see for the year and it's going to stay mild the rest of the winter. That's what I like to think, at least.
Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures disrupted road, rail and air transport in many parts of northern Europe on Wednesday while the Mediterranean island of Cyprus suffered in the heat after its driest November in more than a century.
Britain labored under its worst early winter weather in almost two decades, with Edinburgh airport and London's Gatwick airport closed. Snow blanketed much of the country, causing delays on major roads and railway lines.
British gas and power prices rose sharply on increased domestic consumption and demand for electrical power from neighboring countries such as France and Belgium which have also been hit by the cold.
