Heavy snow batters UK as forecasters warn worst is yet to come | UK News

Weather warnings are riddling Britain’s map as people are waking up to more snow.

Forecasters are painting a dire picture for today after about 100 schools were shut yesterday and major travel disruptions were reported across parts of the country.

The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for snow and ice, starting at 6am for at least 24 hours.

Further travel delays are expected and people are being urged to be ‘cautious’ on the roads.

The warning comes after a woman was killed in a crash on the A515 outside the town of Buxton in the early hours of yesterday morning. 

Derbyshire Police were called to the scene just after 6am to a collision involving a car and a lorry at Brierlow Bar.

The driver of the car suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Disruption was also reported by Great Western Railway on the line between Bath and Swindon due to flooding after a total of 43.2mm of rainfall was measured in some parts.

Chaos erupted in London Euston as passengers were forced to wait for more than an hour after a swan got on the line.

After yesterday’s extreme weather, there is still no sign of respite throughout the day.

Met Office operational meteorologist Dan Stroud said: ‘We’ve still got rain and many have snow making its way northwards, we have got further warnings in force.

‘Temperatures are recovering a little, across the far south it’s generally mild.

‘We’ve got a second band of cloud and rain moving northwards, it makes for challenging driving conditions.

‘We’ve had the worst of it but it’s still not completely clear. Where we have falling snow we see there is a risk of a few icy patches on roads.

‘The focus is probably starting to shift more towards ice, people should still be cautious.’

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