Europe Snowfall

Heavy snowfall has caused disruption across northern Europe, closing airports and bringing traffic to a standstill.Airports were closed in the UK, France and Switzerland. Dozens of flights were affected in Germany and Spain.There were severe flight delays reported in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Prague.

In the Russian capital, Moscow, temperatures dropped to -23.6C (-10.5F), the lowest on record for 1 December since 1931.

In Poland it was even colder, with the eastern city of Bialystok registering temperatures of -26C (-14.8F). 

In France, 12 regions in the frozen east and centre banned the use of lorries, forcing more than 7,000 of them to park overnight.

Thick snow across Germany blocked roads, and caused flight cancellations and school closures with some areas reporting temperatures as low as -18C (-0.4F)

Snow swept England from Manchester in the north to Kent in the south. Here lorries stand on the hard shoulder of the M25 motorway in Reigate, Surrey.

Thousands of primary and secondary schools across the UK have been shut by heavy falls of snow.Freezing temperatures, disrupted travel and blocked roads have meant that many schools have been unable to open, giving pupils an extra day off lessons.

Snow disrupts roads, flights and schools in Scotland.Further snow and ice have brought disruption to roads across Scotland and closed schools in some areas for a third day.

Thick snow across Germany blocked roads, and caused airports to cancel flights and schools to shut. Bild newspaper said it was the coldest 1 December in centuries, with -18C reported. Here a worker clears a car park in Spitzingsee, Bavaria.

These children in the French city of Lyon took advantage of the weather for a snowball fight.

Northern Italy saw heavy snow. Here a woman clears the area before her house in Appiano Gentile, near Milan

A man views icicles on a window in Uzice, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia. At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains

Sparrows warm themselves on a metro ventilation grille during heavy frost in Kiev

A seagull flies over a frozen Black Sea waters in Constanta, 230 kms east from Bucharest. Temperatures plunged to minus 34 Celsius in central Romania

Snow covers boats on a frozen section of the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia

Europe continues to reel under intense cold wave with snow covering Rome after almost 27 years and over 300 people dying.Rome has experienced its first snowfall since 1985.East Europe continues to be the worst hit with over 300 people dead so far, including 122 from Ukraine itself.