寒流和暴風雪近日繼續肆虐歐洲，包括法國、英國、捷克、芬蘭等在內的歐洲眾多國家交通均遭受嚴重影響，民眾正常生活被擾亂。英國則經歷了自1981年以來時間最長的冷空氣侵襲。

Intense snowstorms beleaguer Europe

In Europe, heavy snowfall has forced the delay or cancellation of many flights in France and Germany. And in Poland, highway travel has been disrupted by the storm.

Snow continued to disrupt transport across Europe.

In Germany, more than 200 domestic and international flights have been cancelled.

In the city of Nuremberg, an Air Berlin plane slid off the runway and got stuck in the snow late on Friday night. Nobody was injured, but the airport was closed for more than two hours.

The slippery runway left passengers with no choice but to wait.

Doris Kern, Passenger, said, "I wanted to fly to Saarbrucken but the airport there has been closed because of the snow and the ice. Now I've rebooked my flight to Frankfurt but this flight also has been cancelled."

In France, the civil aviation authority ordered the cancellation of 25 percent of flights scheduled to leave Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.

The authority made the announcement after the country's national meteorological service warned of snowfall in the Paris area.

The chill, however, didn't stop some tourists from taking in the city's sights.

Nabil & Karen Absi, Tourists, said, "It is cold but it's also very romantic."

In southern Poland some inter-city buses couldn't get out of the terminals and trains from Warsaw to Krakow were at a standstill due to power failure.

The snow, which is due to continue until Monday, hit the country's main roads causing a number of vehicles to lose control.

On the A4 highway near Krzyzowa one car was partially crushed beneath a truck.