Dozens of Flights Cancelled at Netherlands’ Schiphol Due to Bad Weather

Airplanes are parked on the tarmac of Schiphol Airport during a snowfall in Amsterdam on January 5, 2025. The airport warned of delays and cancellations due to the snowfall. (ANP / AFP)
Airplanes are parked on the tarmac of Schiphol Airport during a snowfall in Amsterdam on January 5, 2025. The airport warned of delays and cancellations due to the snowfall. (ANP / AFP)
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Dozens of Flights Cancelled at Netherlands’ Schiphol Due to Bad Weather

Airplanes are parked on the tarmac of Schiphol Airport during a snowfall in Amsterdam on January 5, 2025. The airport warned of delays and cancellations due to the snowfall. (ANP / AFP)
Airplanes are parked on the tarmac of Schiphol Airport during a snowfall in Amsterdam on January 5, 2025. The airport warned of delays and cancellations due to the snowfall. (ANP / AFP)

At least 70 flights have been cancelled and several others delayed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport due to wintery weather, a spokesperson said on Sunday.

He said snow plows started clearing snow at the airport early Sunday morning and that Schiphol was expected to be operational again around midday. However, there might still be delays.

On the final day of the Dutch winter school holidays, a light layer of snow covered parts of Amsterdam.



Australian Hiker Found Alive after Surviving for Two Weeks on Berries and Muesli Bars

A general view of Cooma Hospital where hiker Hadi Nazari was transferred to for a health check in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 08 January 2025. (EPA)
A general view of Cooma Hospital where hiker Hadi Nazari was transferred to for a health check in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 08 January 2025. (EPA)
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Australian Hiker Found Alive after Surviving for Two Weeks on Berries and Muesli Bars

A general view of Cooma Hospital where hiker Hadi Nazari was transferred to for a health check in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 08 January 2025. (EPA)
A general view of Cooma Hospital where hiker Hadi Nazari was transferred to for a health check in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 08 January 2025. (EPA)

An Australian student missing for two weeks near the country's tallest mountain was found on Wednesday, after surviving by foraging for berries, drinking water from a creek and finding two muesli bars left behind by other hikers, police said.

Hadi Nazari, a 23-year-old university student from Melbourne, went missing from his group of friends on December 26 in the Kosciuszko National Park.

Nazari was found on Wednesday afternoon by a group of hikers who alerted the authorities, police in the state of New South Wales said.

“This is the fourteenth day we've been looking for him and for him to come out and be in such good spirits and in such great condition, it’s incredible," NSW Police Inspector Josh Broadfoot said.

The student was in "really good spirits" with no significant injuries, he added.

More than 300 people had searched for Nazari across rugged bushland, police said. The national park is home to the 2,228 meter (7,310 foot) Mount Kosciuszko.