New weather warnings issued for snow and ice as travel disruption continues
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Fresh weather warnings have been issued as wintry conditions are causing travel disruption and school closures. Yellow warnings for snow and ice come into force across large parts of the UK on Monday afternoon, and will remain in place into Tuesday. Many commuters suffered travel disruption on Monday morning, with major roads closed and railway lines blocked.
Manchester Airport’s runways were closed early on Monday morning because of heavy snow but later reopened. At 1pm, the Environment Agency had 165 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, and 321 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, active across England.
At the same time, National Resources Wales had two flood warnings and 20 flood alerts in place. Tens of thousands of journeys on the M25 in Surrey have been delayed as the motorway is closed in the anti-clockwise direction from junction 10 for the A3 to junction eight for Reigate after a lorry crashed into the central reservation and came to a rest sideways across the carriageway.
This is affecting many people travelling to Gatwick airport. The closure is expected to remain in place until at least 3pm while the road is resurfaced. Several stretches of A-roads across England are also closed because of severe weather. These include the A66 in Cumbria in both directions between the A1M and the M6 because of snow, and the A628 Woodhead Pass in South Yorkshire/Derbyshire in both directions between the A616 for Flouch and the A57 for Hollingworth because of flooding.
