Commuters across the UK and Europe have braced themselves for more travel chaos.
The Arctic cold front has swept in from Siberia has caused widespread travel disruption and school closures.
Freezing temperatures have claimed at least seven lives across Europe in recent days with particularly acute fears for rough sleepers in the bitter cold.
In the UK, heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures have caused major travel disruption today, with police forces reporting treacherous driving conditions and blocked routes.
Highways England said the M20 in Kent had become blocked by a "number" of stranded lorries overnight, while the A249 was shut due to a crash.
The UK Met Office said several centimetres of snow had fallen in some parts over the night - with 1cm in Kent by 5am, and between 3cm and 4cm in Newcastle and Northumberland.
Trains have also been affected by the snowfall, with cancellations and disruptions on lines across the country.
British Airways has cancelled several flights from Heathrow Airport, while easyJet warned disruption to its flights was expected. School closures were also likely.
Amber warnings for snow are in place for the southeast and northeast of England and the east midlands until midday, while a yellow warning covering much of the country is in force until midnight.
Temperate Rome woke to its first snowfall in six years yesterday and temperatures dipped as low as -4C today, according to the Italian Meteorological Service.
In Poland, where at least two people have died of exposure since Saturday, temperatures dropped overnight to -12 Celsius while parts of Lithuania saw the mercury fall below -20.
Temperatures in France are forecast to drop to -10C and feel as low as -18C over the coming days.
On Sunday, a 35-year-old homeless man was found dead in the southeastern city of Valence, and two days earlier, a 62-year-old man died in his cabin in the woods outside Paris.
Some local authorities have ordered officials to find shelters for the homeless.
In Belgium, a local mayor in a municipality of Brussels ordered homeless people to be forcibly detained if they refused to go to shelters.
In Berlin, local authorities said homeless shelters were already at 95% capacity with temperatures dropping to -20 C in some parts of Germany.
Icy temperatures have caused travel disruption in the Netherlands while in Croatia snow drifts have forced authorities to close numerous motorways.
