Snow And Bitter Cold Bring Chaos To Germany And Britain By Femke COLBORNE with AFP bureaus 02/09/21 AT 8:36 AM Freezing drivers were stranded for hours in traffic jams in Germany and Covid-19 vaccination centres were shut in Britain on Tuesday as Europe was pummelled by the heaviest snow in years. Traffic on a motorway near the German city of Bielefeld was brought to a standstill by heavy snowfall overnight Monday into Tuesday, with some drivers trapped for at least 16 hours, according to media reports. Snowfall is expected to decrease in the coming days Photo: AFP / Odd ANDERSEN The bottleneck, caused by lorries stuck in the snow and stretching over 37 kilometres (23 miles), had still not been cleared by Tuesday morning, local police said.