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Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials' inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday travel chaos and fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas....

Heavy overnight snowfall disrupted air travel across western Europe Friday, forcing more than 800 flight cancellations and leading to major delays ...

Four of Europe's five largest airports remain closed due to volcanic ash threat; U.K. sends warships to rescue stranded Britons.

Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flood parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, leaving at least 17 people dead and several still missing, Italian officials said Friday.

"I love Portugal. The people are friendly, the weather is great, the landscape is spectacular, the history is rich and the prices are low. It is truly one of Europe's hidden gems," said iReporter David Shaul.

Many fled their homes Sunday as massive forest fires burned out of control on the northeast outskirts of Athens.

Authorities in France and Spain begin to repair houses, roads and power lines damaged by hurricane-force winds.