Paris airport evacuated as precaution

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris for fear heavy snow could force part of the airport's roof to collapse.

The portion of roof in question is the same one that collapsed in 2004, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported, citing an airport employee.

An earlier report said the roof had collapsed.

Heavy snow has snarled travel throughout Europe throughout the week.

And French airlines were forced to reduce flights to Charles de Gaulle Friday due to a shortage of the liquid used to de-ice planes.

The country's civil aviation authority asked the airlines to cut their flights by half because of the low gycol stocks and predictions of below-freezing temperatures.

Flights had been expected to resume to normal levels at 12 p.m. GMT (7 a.m. ET).

via ca.news.yahoo.com