Exceptional snow and wind has forced airports to close in Switzerland and France and stranded several hundred drivers in their cars as a Siberian cold snap stretches across Europe.
Geneva’s airport was closed after the Swiss city was hit with 5in of snow over a three-hour period in the early morning.
Several deaths have been attributed to the unusually cold late-winter weather across Europe.
About 2,000 cars were blocked on highways in the Herault region of southern France, where snow – and snowploughs – are extremely rare.
Snow blanketed Paris and the surrounding region, and authorities urged Paris commuters to leave their cars at home because of dangerous conditions.
