In pictures: Europe’s cold snap
**Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 19 people across Europe as well as severely disrupting air, rail and road transport.**At least 15 people froze to death overnight in Poland as temperatures dipped way below freezing. In parts of Germany a figure of -33C was recorded.
Flights have been cancelled, train services have been severely affected and roads made impassable.
Eurostar passenger trains are still not running after electrical failures.
More than 2,000 people were trapped on the trains in the Channel Tunnel for up to 16 hours after condensation caused a series of electrical failures on Friday night.
EUROSTAR ADVICE
- If your journey is not essential, do not travel
- A full refund will be offered to those whose journeys have been affected
- Passengers whose journeys were severely disrupted on Friday or Saturday will also be given £150 compensation and a free return ticket
- Hotels will be offered for those who had wanted to travel on Sunday
- All updates will be posted on theEurostar websiteand given out to news outlets
Eurostar suspended amid cold snap
It is currently unclear when services will resume. Eurostar is running tests on the line on Sunday.
Two people were reported dead in Austria’s southern province of Styria as they tried to get home after nights out.
In France, 40% of flights out of Paris’s Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports were cancelled as a second wave of snowstorms hit northern France.
Germany’s third largest airport - in Duesseldorf - was also closed because of heavy snow, authorities said.
In Belgium, the three biggest airports - Brussels, Charleroi and Liege - were completely shut. Severe delays and cancellations were reported at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
In Britain, officials at Manchester Airport - the busiest outside the London area - suspended flights for 90 minutes as staff moved snow and de-iced a runway.
Rail traffic has been affected from Belgium to Italy.
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