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On February 2nd, 2009, heavy snowfall in the South East of England led to widespread school closures and major travel disruptions, including the closure of major airports. Over 250 schools were reported closed in Essex alone, with significant closures also in other counties. Despite the chaos, children enjoyed the snow, engaging in winter activities like snowball fights and building snowmen.

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On February 2nd, 2009, heavy snowfall in the South East of England led to widespread school closures and major travel disruptions, including the closure of major airports. Over 250 schools were reported closed in Essex alone, with significant closures also in other counties. Despite the chaos, children enjoyed the snow, engaging in winter activities like snowball fights and building snowmen.

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Winter weather forces schools to close

By <Bhone Myat Kaung>

On Monday February 2nd 2009 the South East of


England was hit by snow. I
know this is not unusual in many parts of
the world, but it was interesting to watch
the whole region grind to a virtual
standstill. At the time of writing this
article the major London airports of
Heathrow, Gatwick and London City were all
closed. Stansted airport had been closed but
has just had one runway re-opened. Travel
chaos has ensued, the M25 is closed in many
places and many schools throughout the
country have been closed.

School closures
The dramatic change in the
weather has meant that a number
of areas are experiencing
transport problems. This means that many schools across the
country have been closed.

County Closed
South East
Essex 250+
Hertfordshire 100+
Middlesex 80+
Sussex 50+
North
Greater Manchester 100
Lancashire 70
Cumbria 34
Durham 70
Northumberland 33
Yorkshire 1

This table shows the number of schools reported closed. It is interesting


to note that although the snow is no heavier in the South East of
England, one of the eastern Counties has reported more than 250 of its
schools are closed.

This gave the children lots time to play in the snow, snowballing, making
snowmen and snow angels. The snow gave an added dimension, producing some
very picturesque scenes, many captured on camera.

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