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Stranded vehicles stand on the blocked D444 road near Bievres, southwest of Paris, early February 7, 2018, after heavy overnight snowfall in northern France. Exceptionally heavy snowfall brought public transport in Paris and surrounding regions to a near halt Wednesday, spelling misery for commuters after hundreds were forced to abandon their cars to sleep in emergency shelters overnight.Officials had opened 46 shelters in the greater Paris region for more than 600 people stranded by the snow, while about 700 had to spend the night at the Montparnasse and Austerlitz train stations in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / Samuel Boivin (Photo credit should read SAMUEL BOIVIN/AFP via Getty Images)