In Switzerland, a 1,000ft-wide avalanche ploughed through the front of a hotel while diners were eating. They all survived but there have been 21 deaths on the European mainland after the worst snowfalls in living memory.<\/span><\/p>\n A brief break in the weather is allowing workers in southern Germany to try and clear heavy loads of snow from roofs and roads. Parts of Europe have been paralysed in recent days, cutting off mountain villages and disrupting transport.<\/span><\/p>\n Mountain rescue forces in Wolfratshausen, Germany along with police have been pictured clearing heavy snowfall from rooftops, while widespread emergency response units have been put in place to prepare for more bad weather.<\/span><\/p>\n Forces of the Bundeswehr, the mountain rescue service and the police clear a snow covered roof in Wolfratshausen, Germany. A state of emergency has been declared across parts of Europe and tanks are being used to rescue homeowners from neck-deep snow in Germany and Austria following the deaths of at least 21 people, amid a devastating once in a generation winter whiteout. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n In Switzerland, a 1,000ft-wide avalanche ploughed through the front of a hotel while diners were eating. They all survived but there have been 21 deaths on the European mainland after the worst snowfalls in living memory.<\/span><\/p>\n Avalanche warnings have been placed at critical levels following the heavy snow which has triggered red weather alerts – as forecasters warn the snow is set to continue into the middle of next week.<\/span><\/p>\n The state of emergency has been declared across much of southern Germany with troops brought in to help people who have become trapped, while the army has also been deployed in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Such quantities of snow above 800m altitude only happen once every 30 to 100 years,’ said Austrian meteorologist Alexander Radlherr.<\/span><\/p>\n Two trains stand in a snowed-in railway station in the Bavarian city Berchtesgaden. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n A state of emergency has been declared across parts of Europe and tanks are being used to rescue homeowners from neck-deep snow in Germany and Austria following the deaths of at least 21 people, amid a devastating once in a generation winter whiteout.<\/span><\/p>\n Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr leave the Jaeger barracks in Berchtesgaden to remove snow from buildings in downtown Berchtesgaden, Germany. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n Austrian military helicopters on Friday flew 66 German teenagers out of a mountain guest house where they had been stuck for several days.<\/span><\/p>\n The snow is up to 10ft deep in parts of the country where seven people died in the past week and two hikers have been missing since Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n The Austrian military used helicopters to blow snow off treetops to reduce the risk of trees falling on roads and train tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden and Norway have been hit by similar problems, while three diners were injured when an avalanche came down the Schw\u00e4galp Pass in the Swiss Alps and crashed into the Hotel Santis.<\/span><\/p>\n While German armed forces used tanks and other armoured vehicles to reach stranded homeowners, while in the southern state of Bavaria a nine-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree.<\/span><\/p>\n A snowplow driver died Friday in Germany after his vehicle toppled into an icy river, while an electrical worker in Albania suffered a fatal heart attack while repairing damaged power lines. Police in Lenggries, south of Munich, said the 48-year-old snowplow driver was rescued from the river after several hours but died in a hospital (pictured is a snowplow driver in Germany) Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n Snow is piled up outside the Hotel Saentis in Schwaegalp, Switzerland, where a bus became trapped in a drift. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n About 2,000 soldiers and other emergency workers in Albania were assigned to help people trapped by snow and to clear roads to restore access to cutoff villages.<\/span><\/p>\n Several towns and cities in southwest Serbia introduced emergency measures, warning of snow piling up on the roads and sealing off mountain villages, Serbian state TV reported Friday. Most schools in the area closed down and 10 people had to be rescued from their homes. Strong winds complicated the work of emergency crews.<\/span><\/p>\n In neighboring Montenegro, meteorologist Dragan Buric said the first 10 days of January have been among the coldest the country has seen in decades.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘We have snow in January in the capital city (Podgorica) for the first time in nine years,’ Buric told Montenegrin state TV.<\/span><\/p>\n Several towns and cities in southwest Serbia introduced emergency measures, warning of snow piling up on the roads and sealing off mountain villages, Serbian state TV reported Friday. Most schools in the area closed down and 10 people had to be rescued from their homes. Strong winds complicated the work of emergency crews.<\/span><\/p>\n In neighboring Montenegro, meteorologist Dragan Buric said the first 10 days of January have been among the coldest the country has seen in decades.<\/span><\/p>\n “We have snow in January in the capital city (Podgorica) for the first time in nine years,” Buric told Montenegrin state TV.<\/span><\/p>\n Three guests at an hotel in the Swiss alps were left injured on Thursday after an avalanche slammed into the restaurant around 4.30pm, burying 25 cars outside.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Forces](\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Forces-of-the-Bundeswehr.jpg\")
<\/a><\/a>A brief break in the weather is allowing workers in southern Germany to try and clear heavy loads of snow from roofs and roads. Heavy snow has paralyzed parts of Europe in recent days, cutting off mountain villages, disrupting transport.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>