PARIS: The Eiffel Tower turned away tourists on Tuesday as snow swept across northern France, causing traffic chaos in Paris during the French capital’s first real dose of wintry weather this season. The Meteo France weather service put the greater Paris region on alert for snow and black ice on roads, among 27 departments it expected to be on alert across the country until midday Wednesday. Paris bus services were cancelled on Tuesday evening, according to the RATP transport authority, and school transport would not run on Wednesday in several areas. Rail operator SNCF had to slow down trains on several of its high-speed TGV lines, with service disrupted across much of northern France. I do not know when I will be able to leave,” one truck driver, Mehdi Benomar, told AFP.

Source: New Strait Times February 06, 2018 21:45 UTC