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Heaviest Snow in UK for 18 years

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<h1> Heaviest UK snow in 18 years hits international flights
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<p>&nbsp;Whole city shutdown, stay in Brrrrrr&nbsp;
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<p><b>LONDON, England (CNN)</b> -- Snow forced the cancellation of more than 650 flights at London's Heathrow airport Monday and shut down London's bus network, partially paralyzing the city.
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<p> Heathrow, one of the busiest transport hubs in the world, closed both its runways for more than two hours Monday morning and operated with just one for the rest of the morning, according to BAA, the company which runs it.
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<p> London City airport is also closed, while the British capital's other two airports, Stansted and Gatwick, were operating with severe delays, BAA said.
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<p> British Airways canceled all flights out of Heathrow until 5 p.m. except for Edinburgh and Lisbon routes. <a href="http://www.ireport.com/index.jspa">Send your videos, stories</a>
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<p> Jochen Jaeger, 36, found himself stranded at Heathrow, unable to fly home to Zurich or to get back into the apartment he rented in London.
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<p> "I will stay here at the airport," he told CNN. "There is no other option. I may have to spend the night here."
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<p> Jenny Leslie, a shop worker at Heathrow's Terminal 2, said it was so quiet at the airport "you can hear a pin drop."
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<p> Southampton Airport, southwest of London, was also closed.
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<p> London's famous red buses were pulled off the roads on Sunday night as the snow got deeper.
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<p> "Bus services were suspended throughout London last night on the grounds of passenger safety due to the unsafe road conditions resulting in a large number of traffic incidents across London," Transport for London, the city's transit agency, said.
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<p> "Services remain suspended but we aim to restore services as soon as possible once roads have been treated and it is safe to recommence services."
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<p> The city's subway system was experiencing severe delays, leaving normally bustling central London something of a ghost town.
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