UK weather: Four fresh snow warnings issued for tomorrow in -16C cold snap – check map of locations
FOUR fresh snow alerts have been issued for tomorrow as Brits are warned to brace for a minus 16C cold snap.
The Met Office is warning 10cm of the white stuff could fall in most parts of the UK this morning with icy stretches likely as the chilly week continues.
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A snow and ice warning has been issued for Northern Ireland until 11am tomorrow morning.
Rain and sleet are expected to accompany the wintry spell, likely causing travel disruption.
Meanwhile down south, "disruptive" snow is predicted - with another new yellow alert in place from 9am today until midnight.
Temperatures are then set to plunge overnight to -14C before dropping even more to -16C on Thursday evening in parts of northern England.
On Thursday, a snow and ice warning is in place from 3am until midday covering most of Wales heading up to parts of England including Liverpool and Chester.
South-west England has also been issued with the same alert.
Ice warnings for the Midlands, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester and York were in place until midday today.
It comes as mass clean-up operations for flooding in parts is set to start today.
A critical incident was declared by East Midlands Ambulance for the first time ever on Tuesday with flooding partly responsible for the "level of escalation".
A major incident was declared by authorities in Lincolnshire on Monday night with fears more flooding would strike.
The Environment Agency previously issued a severe, 'danger to life', flood warning for the River Soar covering caravan parks near Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire.
It comes after firefighters in Leicestershire rescued 59 people while the body of a man was recovered from an area of flooding in North Yorkshire.
Police said the man has been formally identified but efforts to trace his next of kin were ongoing.
The force added that there are currently no suspicious circumstances surrounding the discovery.
Commuters suffered travel misery on Monday and Tuesday with major roads closed and railway lines blocked.
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Travel chaos included four airports having to close their runways yesterday.
Passengers set to jet off from Bristol, Liverpool John Lennon, Manchester and Aberdeen Airport were thrown into chaos when every flight was halted as workers desperately tried to clear snow and ice.