Northern Europe

Britain braced for Storm Egon ahead of the weekend, with evacuations from its eastern coastal towns over fears of a storm surge.

Around 100 flood alerts were issued, 11 of them severe. Dozens of flights were cancelled at London’s Heathrow airport.

However, the UK was largely spared from the predicted snowmaggedon.

Some took to Twitter to express their disappointment over the weather.

Across the Channel, violent storms left 330,000 homes in France without power overnight on Friday.

More than 100 passengers on a Thalys from Brussels to Paris were stuck for ten hours after their train lost power.

UK is reeling under #Snowmaggedon (i.e. More than an inch of snow).

Meanwhile in Norway pic.twitter.com/SDNAyXcCU0

— Kulgan of Crydee (@KulganofCrydee) 13 gennaio 2017

Belgium’s Civil Protection agency received a request from the government and firemen of Belgium’s western region, West Flanders, to build protective barriers to protect several municipalities that could be threatened by major floods on Thursday.

Southern Europe

While Northern Europe is used to subzero temperatures, the polar conditions surprised residents of Dubrovnik in Croatia, with the Old Town blanketed in snow for the first time in eight years.

While some locals reveled in the arctic scenes, the cold means misery for thousands of refugees in Greece and Serbia.(Joanna Gill - Euronews)

Picture postcard images of Venice in the snow stand in stark contrast to recent scenes of migrants grappling with temperatures below zero in makeshift camps. The UN’s refugee agency is calling on government’s to do more, after it was reported five people had already died from the harsh conditions.

We are deeply worried at the situation of refugees and migrants faced with harsh winter conditions across #Europe https://t.co/wYEeUB91bw pic.twitter.com/XCJg7eDTIH

— UNHCRNews (@RefugeesMedia) 13 gennaio 2017

Maltempo al Sud: l’intervento di #Esercito e #AeronauticaMilitare https://t.co/rlU7TqeG6d via @ministerodifesa pic.twitter.com/eeKZwjwhEV

— Ministero Difesa (@MinisteroDifesa) 12 gennaio 2017

Si sta come la neve sul Lago Maggiore. pic.twitter.com/h6moyY3Sj9

— SfigataMente (@SfigataMente) 13 gennaio 2017

Intanto in provincia di Bologna #ghiaccio #gelicidio pic.twitter.com/s22LITf5FC

— Scomodino (@Scomodino) 13 gennaio 2017

(13gen-19:30) #Arezzo, soccorso #vigilidefuoco su SR70 loc. Passo della Consumma per bus bloccato da ghiaccio con 60 persone a bordo pic.twitter.com/I4lygIWBaP

— Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) 13 gennaio 2017