Snow storm causes traffic chaos in Stockholm

 STOCKHOLM, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The snowy weather has caused traffic chaos¹ in Sweden's capital city of Stockholm as flights and local traffic were badly affected² on Wednesday.

The snow had covered the whole city by about at least 30 centimeters and flights were largely canceled because of the bad weather, affecting around 60,000 travelers, Swedish television SVT reported.

Almost all the buses in Stockholm had stopped running, and the metro³ kept being delayed due to the continually falling snow. Thousands of people suffered power failure and schools were also closed.

The Swedish Traffic Administration advised people to drive their own cars if they had to go out.

On Wednesday afternoon there were thousands of people waiting at the train station in Stockholm center as over 40 departures had been canceled.

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。