Nearly two thousand travellers have been left stranded at the main Paris airport, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, as further snow is hitting France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Half the flights at Charles de Gaulle have been cancelled, largely because of a shortage of de-icing fluid. In Belgium, police advised drivers to stay at home. Hundreds of accidents were reported across Germany. While in northern Italy, heavy rain has caused flooding in parts of Venice. Unusually high water levels were reported in the Venice lagoon and in the town of Vicenza, west of Venice. People were moved from their homes because of high river levels.