Snow, ice and rain to persist across UK with numerous weather warnings in place
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Further snow showers, ice and rain will hit commuters across the UK on Monday – with amber and yellow weather warnings all still in place. More travel disruption is likely due to the adverse conditions, including flooding from heavy rain and thawing snow, the Met Office said, with 40 flood warnings and more than 250 flood alerts issued.
It comes after most of the UK saw heavy snow or icy rain fall over a wintry weekend that had two larger amber weather warnings. Major airports closed their runways for several hours due to heavy snow, while there were stranded vehicles and collisions which blocked key roads across northern England.
An amber weather warning for snow – which covers parts of Lancashire, Cumbria and the Lake District – is in place until 6am on Monday. Travel delays, stranded vehicles and power cuts are all likely – while rural communities in the warning area could be cut off with up to an additional 15cm of snow falling during the period, the Met Office said.
A yellow rain warning for southern England from Cornwall across to Kent will last until 9am on Monday, while a separate rain warning covering much of Wales, the West Midlands and parts of Greater Manchester and Yorkshire is in force until 6am. A yellow warning for snow and ice covering most of northern England and Wales is in place until midday on Monday, while a yellow ice warning covering large parts of Northern Ireland expires at 11am.
