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Added on the 28/12/2020 15:03:29 - Copyright : AFP EN
With snow drifts, black ice and train cancellations, the onset of dramatic winter weather causes considerable traffic disruptions in many places in the north and center of Germany. Deutsche Bahn discontinued numerous connections in local and long-distance traffic, between Hamburg and Hanover and Hamburg and the State of Northrhine Westphalia, where many parts of the highway have been closed to traffic. IMAGES of the highway covered with snow and of the Dortmund train station in the State of Northrhine Westphalia
France's southern city of Montpellier woke up to a blanket of snow on Thursday morning. As heavy snowstorms lash France's southern Hérault department, snowploughs are deployed to clear the roads and free paralysed traffic. IMAGES
Increasingly heavy snowfall is complicating traffic on Wednesday in the north of France, where heavy freezing rain fell in the morning and leaving roads with icy conditions. SOUNDBITE
Traffic is at a standstill at the junction of the A12 and A13 motorways in western Paris. The two arteries were temporarily closed on Tuesday morning due to the snow that fell on Monday night, according to a message published on X by the Paris Police Prefecture. IMAGES
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