Heavy Snowfall, Freezing Rain Disrupt Transport in Scandinavia, Germany 

This aerial photo taken Jan. 17, 2024, in Lille, France, shows the Lille-Europe train station under snowfall. Thirty departments in France were placed on snow, ice or flood alerts, with traffic expected to be complicated.

Heavy snow and freezing rain hit parts of northern and central Europe on Wednesday, bringing transport to a halt in some Scandinavian regions and causing major disruption at airports in Frankfurt and Oslo.