A winter storm is expected to sweep through Northern Europe from Thursday evening to Friday, bringing hurricane-intensity winds as well as heavy rainfall and snowfall. Alex Burkill, a meteorologist at the British Meteorological Service, said that the low pressure will further deepen after entering the colder waters from the warmer Atlantic waters and accumulate energy in the process of shifting to the English Channel, thus forming Storm Goretti. Before storm “Goretti” hit the region, it was being hit by the Arctic cold current. Temperatures plummeted, heating demand surged, accompanied by blizzards and large-scale traffic disruptions. About 1,000 passengers were stranded at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport this week due to severe shortages of deicing liquid for airplanes due to severe cold weather.

A winter storm is expected to sweep through Northern Europe from Thursday evening to Friday, bringing hurricane-intensity winds as well as heavy rainfall and snowfall. Alex Burkill, a meteorologist at the British Meteorological Service, said that the low pressure will further deepen after entering the colder waters from the warmer Atlantic waters and accumulate energy in the process of shifting to the English Channel, thus forming Storm Goretti. Before storm “Goretti” hit the region, it was being hit by the Arctic cold current. Temperatures plummeted, heating demand surged, accompanied by blizzards and large-scale traffic disruptions. About 1,000 passengers were stranded at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport this week due to severe shortages of deicing liquid for airplanes due to severe cold weather.