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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued multiple flood warnings as the country prepares for high winds and rain. The warnings, indicating “flooding is expected, immediate action required”, cover parts of Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, west central Scotland and Tayside. A related amber warning of severe gales has been issued by the […]

Three of Brussels taxi federations have announced plans to protest on Dec 18 (Wednesday), which could lead to a repeat of widespread disruption to city traffic. Some 250 taxi drivers took action three weeks ago and succeeded in locking up the inner ring road and the main tunnels. The drivers are continuing to protest at […]

Ajaccio Airport; Bastia-Poretta Airport; Bordeaux-Merignac Airport; EuroAirport Mulhouse Airport; Marseille Provence Airport; Montpellier-Mediterranee Airport; Nantes Atlantique Airport; Nice Airport: Paris Orly Airport: Strasbourg Airport; Toulouse-Blagnac Airport – Air France airport workers are threatening to strike from December 20 to 21 at 11 French airports. Should this strike proceed, it may cause some delays and cancellations […]

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada advises against all travel to the following areas: republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan; republics of Karachai-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria (including the Mount Elbrus region) and North Ossetia Budyonnosky, Levokumsky, Neftekumsky, Stepnovsky and Kurski districts, in the region of Stavropol Krai. If you are currently in one of these areas, you […]

The eruption of the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily has forced the closure of nearby Catania airport because of the plumes of ash billowing into the sky, airport officials said. Twenty-one scheduled departures from the airport had to be scrapped and 26 arrivals re-routed to alternative destinations. The smaller airport of Comiso in the area […]

Molokai Island – on Dec 12 a Cessna Grand Caravan operated by Makani Kai Air crashed in the waters off Kalaupapa, while on-route to Honolulu. Makani Kai Air is a private company that provides passenger transit between Honolulu and nearby islands as well as chartered tour flights. 1 person dead, 8 people survived the crash […]