Snow and ice contributed to several accidents about 50 km (30 miles) from Frankfurt on the A 45 motorway, including a massive pile-up involving as many as 100 cars and trucks.
In France, a Tunisair plane slid off the runway on landing at Orly airport, forcing the closure of a runway at Paris's second hub while 140 passengers were evacuated.
In Belgium, the breakdown assistance association Touring said the total length of tailbacks on highways and major roads at their rush-hour peak hit 1,670 km (1,038 miles), beating by far the previous record of 1,285 km set on February 3 last year.
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