Photo: DPATotal of 1079 traffic accidentsIn parts of western Germany, heavy snowfall started again this morning after extensive snow yesterday. Between Wednesday and Thursday morning there were a total of 1079 traffic accidents in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) caused by snow and ice. The video below from WDR shows the traffic jams in NRW caused by the winter weather. Photo: DPARhineland-Palatinate also hit by winter weatherHowever, it wasn't only in NRW that travellers had to deal with the winter weather. Photo: DPAOn Thursday, up to five centimeters of snow was likely to fall in total, the German Weather Service (DWD) said.

Source: The Local January 31, 2019 15:11 UTC