1.
LV MARSEILLES HARBOUR.
0.04

2.
GV PAN OF BOATS MOORED BY QUAYSIDE COVERED IN SNOW.
0.07

3.
GV BOATS.
0.11

4.
LV MOTOR CRUISERS COVERED IN SNOW.
0.14

5.
GV ROWING BOAT.
0.16

6.
LV FRONT OF MARSEILLES, ROADS SNOW-BOUND
0.20

7.
LV CAFE SNOWED IN.
0.23

8.
SV SNOW COVERED ROAD.
0.27

9.
GV DITTO.
0.30

10.
LV BUILDINGS COVERED IN SNOW.
0.32

11.
CU LION STATUE COVERED IN SNOW.
0.35

12.
LV PIGEONS IN SNOW.
0.38

13.
LV DESERTED STREET.
0.41

14.
GV CAR COVERED IN SNOW.
0.44

15.
LV COACHES COVERED IN SNOW.
0.47

16.
LV DESERTED STREET.
0.50

17.
GV PAN.. SNOW-LADEN TREES.
0.57

18.
GV TWO CHILDREN PLAY IN THE SNOW.
1.06



Initials



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: WINTER'S GRIP ON EUROPE - WHERE A RARE SUN SHINES THERE'S SOME RELIEF - AS IN MARSEILLES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RECOVERING FROM A SNOW-BOUND PARALYSIS - 35 CENTIMETRES, THE THICKEST WHITE MANTLE FOR A CENTURY.

MOST OF FRANCE'S MEDITERRANEAN TOWNS - USUALLY ENJOYING A RELATIVE WARMTH AT THIS TIME - WERE RECOVERING TOO FROM ONE OF THE COLDEST CHRISTMASES IN LIVING MEMORY. AND EVEN FURTHER SOUTH - IN SICILY THE SNOW COATED EARLY ALMOND BLOSSOM, AND IN SOUTHERN SPAIN, WINTER'S GRIP DAMAGED THE CITRUS CROPS.

MARSEILLES MOTORISTS HAD TO TRAMP HOME - LEAVING 1,000 CARS SNOWED UP AROUND THE TOWN. OUTSIDE IT, PASSENGERS SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE PARIS - COTE D'AZUR EXPRESS, HALTED BY THE SNOW AND ICE.

WINTER BLACK SPOT NOTE: IN AMERICA, REPORTS PUT THE ROAD DEATH TOLL AT OVER 600 SINCE LAST FRIDAY.