Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos around the country

Heavy snow in the Czech Republic has caused transport chaos around the country. Traffic along the main highway from Prague to Brno was paralyzed for hours following a collision between two trucks in the early hours of the morning and many of the country's smaller roads are impassable. Prague's Ruzyne Airport has had to cancel all flights and will remain closed for until tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, the inclement weather has already claimed one victim. On Wednesday afternoon, a thirty-year old man died in the Moravian city of Ostrava when he lost control of his car on a slippery road and crashed into an oncoming truck.

Meteorologists predict that it will continue snowing across the country until the weekend and that the snow could be up to half a meter deep in some areas.