In pictures: Europe under a cloud

Holidaymakers in western Europe are suffering from unseasonal weather, including rain and snow, while further east the clean-up begins after a flooding disaster.

Switzerland's Alpine scenery is blanketed by snow, and a number of mountain passes are blocked

A rainstorm creates treacherous driving conditions on the Milan to Genoa road

At Ouistreham, northern France, holidaymakers take refuge in beach cabins

Dresden, meanwhile, is under water

As is the town of Traunstein after torrential rains

South-east of Munich, emergency workers struggle to hold back floodwaters...

... while spectators of the final stages of the European Athletics Championships hid under a sea of umbrellas

On Russia's Black Sea coast Maria Spiridonidi grieves for four relatives missing since rain swept their car away

Meanwhile rescue workers continued to search for bodies after the death toll climbed to 55