Heavy snowfall and freezing rain cause flight, train cancellations across Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Heavy snowfall and freezing rain across Germany have caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains, crashes on icy roads and school closures. At Frankfurt and Munich airports, hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday, while Saarbruecken airport in western Germany closed for the day. Duesseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports were also affected by delays and cancellations. National train operator Deutsche Bahn canceled several long-distance trains and placed a speed restriction of 200 kilometers an hour on its fastest trains due to the extreme weather. Freezing rain across western and southern Germany also led to countless accidents on the roads.