Snow causes chaos in Europe

HEAVY snow caused chaos across Europe yesterday, shutting down airport runways, forcing fast trains to a crawl and leaving cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays.

Frankfurt airport cancelled around 40% of flights and Paris’ Charles de Gaulle cut air traffic by a quarter as heavy snow blanketed the French capital.

Many passengers slept overnight in makeshift dormitories there, and at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.