Traffic jammed in southern French snow

montpellier - Thousands of people in the south of France got stuck in traffic due to heavy snowfall and slipperiness. On Twitter, a family complains that they have virtually come to a halt in the night from Wednesday to Thursday on the A9 motorway in the Montpellier area. 'We have advanced one kilometer in thirteen hours.'

In the region of Montpellier 20 to 30 centimeters fell. The whole region is paralyzed by the winter weather. The authorities have sheltered a number of stranded people in the night.

It is very cold in large parts of the south of France. On the beach of Nice on the Côte d'Azur is also snow.