Istanbul airport delays reopening after blizzard

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ISTANBUL - The Istanbul Airport delayed its reopening on Tuesday as Turkey's biggest city began digging itself out of a major snowstorm that paralysed traffic and disrupted services.

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ISTANBUL - The Istanbul Airport delayed its reopening on Tuesday as Turkey's biggest city began digging itself out of a major snowstorm that paralysed traffic and disrupted services.

It had warned that operations would be suspended throughout the night after grounding to a halt in the early afternoon. Its press service said on Tuesday that flights would not resume until at least 1pm local time . The city of 16 million people stood effectively still on Tuesday because of orders for drivers to stay off the streets.

The governor's office also urged residents who abandoned their cars on highways because traffic had ground to a halt to return and take their vehicles homes.The closure of Istanbul Airport - where a worker miraculously avoided injury when the roof of one of the cargo terminals collapsed under the snow - grounded flights from the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia.

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