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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

How cold?? Thousands trapped in Lapland as temperature plunges to an incredible -39C

Thousands of tourists are stranded in northern Finland after flights were cancelled due to severe cold - with the temperature falling to -39C on Monday morning.

The extreme cold at Kittila airport - where it also dropped to -37C on Sunday morning after several days of similar frigid weather - is making de-icing of aircraft and other operations difficult, Finland's national public broadcaster Yle reported.

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