Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have killed at least 19 people across Europe as well as severely¹ disrupting air, rail and road transport.

暴风雪和冰点下温度导致欧洲至少19人死亡并严重阻碍了航空、铁路、公路运输。

Europe's cold snap

At least 15 people have frozen to death in Poland as temperatures dipped浸渍，下降 way below freezing. In southern Germany a figure of -33C was recorded.

Flights have been cancelled and Eurostar passenger trains are still not running after electrical failures.

Moscow said it was deploying配置，部署 9,000 snow ploughs to clear the city's streets.

More than 2,000 people were trapped on the trains in the Channel Tunnel for up to 16 hours after condensation压缩，凝结 caused a series of electrical failures on Friday night.

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暂停 flights for 90 minutes as staff moved snow and de-iced a runway.

Rail traffic has been affected⁴ from Belgium to Italy.