Now Germany is brought to near standstill by 12 hours of solid snowfall

Daily Mail
"The myth of ruthlessly efficient Germany always battling the elements so much better than Britain has been smashed by a new cold weather front.Not a single train ran without delays in the whole of the country.In the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the west there were some 700 accidents on the autobahns during 12 hours of snowfall. And even international airports like Dusseldorf had to shut down on Monday night as the snow blew in."