Met Office issue ice and snow weather warnings as hazardous conditions hit much of UK
The disruption could hit supermarket delivery drivers, with both Sainsbury’s and Tesco already having to cancel shopping orders
Much of the UK is predicted to continue experiencing wintry weather (Image: Ben Birchall/PA)
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Met Office issue ice and snow weather warnings as hazardous conditions hit much of the country
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Updated: 31 Dec 2020, 3:40
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THE North will be besieged by a -12C Polar plunge tonight as snow blankets swathes of the country with flurries even set to hit the south coast.
Freezing conditions have prompted the Met Office to issue severe warnings for snow and ice across the country, leading to travel disruption, injuries and power cuts.
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Snow blanketed the Scottish HighlandsCredit: Alamy Live News
The Met Office issued warnings for snow and ice for Wednesday, with the potential to cause rail and road closures, power cuts, and injuries.
The disruption could hit supermarket delivery drivers, with both Sainsbury s and Tesco already having to cancel shopping orders as several centimetres of snow settled across parts of the UK.
FRESH warnings for snow and ice, with the potential to cause rail and road closures, power cuts, and injuries, have been issued for Wednesday evening. The warning has been made by the Met Office, which has also issued a weather warning for ice across the North West from 6pm. The disruption could hit supermarket delivery drivers, with both Sainsbury’s and Tesco already having to cancel shopping orders as several centimetres of snow settled across parts of the UK. Across the rest of the country, from 10am on Wednesday until 6am on Thursday, much of southern England and London is covered by a snow and ice warning; while from 6pm a warning for snow kicks in for much of the Midlands and north-east England and eastern Scotland, lasting until 2pm on Thursday.
The frosty spell will continue into the new year, with further snow and ice forecast to bring hazardous conditions to much of the country.
Wintry showers falling as rain, sleet and snow are predicted for parts of the UK throughout Tuesday evening, with north-west England and North Wales covered by a weather warning for ice from 6pm, the Met Office said.
Much of Northern Ireland and northern Scotland – where temperatures have plunged as low as minus 7.7C (18F) – is covered by a weather warning for snow and ice from 3pm until just before midnight on Wednesday.
Temperatures will plummet quickly to below freezing overnight, and could reach minus 10C in the glens of Scotland, according to the Met Office.
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