90 flights canceled at Munich airport due to heavy snowfall

Coral singer in traditional costumes walk through the snow in Eglingen, southern Germany, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. (Thomas Warnack/dpa via AP)

Media people are covered with snow as they interview politicians during the winter meeting of the Christian Social Union in Seeon, southern Germany, Saturday, Jan.5, 2019. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP)

Munich Airport says about 90 flights have been canceled because of heavy snowfall affecting parts of Central Europe.

Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland saw several inches (centimeters) of fresh snow early Saturday.

According to German news agency dpa, the cancelations in Munich affected about one in 10 flights Saturday at Germany's second-biggest airport.