Soldiers of the Austrian Armed Forces walk at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 m altitude. PHOTO: AFP
Heavy snow across Europe has to lead disruption of flights, and forced closure of schools and resorts.
At least 21 people have so far died in avalanche-related incidents across the continent, including two snowboarders who were caught up in heavy snow in the Pirin Mountains in southwest Bulgaria.
A fireman sets up a sign on a road blocked due to heavy snowfall on January 13, 2019 in Elisabethszell, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP
Men shovel snow from a roof in Elisabethszell, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP
Soldiers of the Austrian Armed Forces shovel snow at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 meters above sea level in Hochkar, Lower Austria. PHOTO: AFP
A snowcat drives in the snow at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 m altitude on January 13, 2019 in Hochkar, Lower Austria. PHOTO: AFP
Soldiers of the Austrian Armed Forces shovel snow at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 meters above sea level in Hochkar, Lower Austria. PHOTO: AFP
A snowman and a snow-woman with an umbrella stand in the rain in front of a house in Rottach-Egern, southern Germany. PHOTO: AFP
A snowcat drives through the snow at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 m altitude in Hochkar, Lower Austria. PHOTO: AFP
A ski lift of the Hochkar cable car is deeply covered with snow on January 13, 2019 at the valley station at 1380 m altitude in Hochkar, Lower Austria. PHOTO: AFP
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