Blizzards and heavy snowfall struck large parts of Germany after a brief respite and caused renewed chaos on the roads, railways and at the airports as the Christmas holiday travel edged towards its climax. Hundreds of holiday travellers were stuck on the highways across northern and eastern Germany till late in the evening after freezing rains and icy roads resulted in a number of accidents and blocked several roads. The highway linking Berlin with the south-western cities of Duisburg and Dortmund, the Berlin-Munich highway as well as the road between Hamburg and Bremen were among the worst-hit by the snow chaos. At some places, motorists were caught up for several hours in traffic jams extending up to 30 kilometres.