LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- Britain 's coldest winter in almost two decades bared its teeth again Friday , with more snow trapping hundreds of motorists in their cars . Britain is suffering its coldest winter in almost two decades , with heavy snow falls causing havoc . Police , the army and civilian rescue teams rushed to help people trapped overnight south of Exeter , Devon , where 200 cars and dozens of trucks were snow-bound , the British Press Association reported . `` Wherever they 're gon na go , they 're gon na get stuck , '' said PC Carter of Chudleigh Police , just outside Exeter . `` Everything 's ground to a halt . '' Rescuers needed 4x4s to reach the trapped motorists . Some drivers abandoned their cars along the road overnight , trudging to nearby hotels to wait for the snow to pass . Watch the snow stall motorists » . `` You could n't drive because it was coming onto your windscreen so thick and fast that it was just impossible to see , '' one woman staying warm at a hotel told CNN affiliate ITN . `` You could n't see the car in front and your tires were starting to skid , and it was really scary . '' One man was stuck in his truck . `` I think I 've been fairly lucky -- I managed to do most of what I 've got to do , but this has got gradually worse , '' he told ITN from the cab of his truck . `` It 's got gradually worse and worse and worse until I got here . I 've been here for 2 1/2 hours . '' Devon and Cornwall Police urged people to avoid the area altogether and avoid travel whenever possible . The snow , which has continued to fall across Britain following Monday 's huge dump that brought the country to a virtual standstill , forced more airport closures Friday . Watch an iReporter talk about being snowed in » . Luton , about 50 kilometers north of London , cancelled all flights until at least midday , while Bristol said it was closing until mid-morning . However , London 's major airports -- Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick -- were all open for business as normal . Britain 's Met Office issued another severe weather warning , saying snow would be heavy at times with up to 10 cm over high ground . It said the snow was likely to lead to further travel delays and warned the icy conditions would continue into the weekend .
Hundreds of British motorists trapped by fresh snow are rescued . The Met Office said the storm was expected to bring up to a foot and half of new snow. Britain is suffering its coldest winter in nearly two decades .