Shorouk Express
A number of weather warnings are in place for parts of the UK on Friday, as more snow is forecast to fall across the country and flooding is expected.
The Met Office has issued five yellow weather warnings for snow and ice following a days of wintry conditions across the country weather.
A snow and ice warning has been issued from midday on Wednesday to 10am on Friday marning, covering northern Scotland.
A warning for ice is in place from 4pm on Thursday until 10am on Friday across most of the east cost of the UK, covering everywhere from Suffolk to Edinburgh.
Another ice warning is in place across much of Northern Ireland between 4pm on Thursday and 10am on Friday.
Two more ice warnings are covering Wales and southwest England until 11am on Friday.
The UK experienced its coldest night of the winter so far overnight on Sunday, with a temperature of -13.3C recorded in Loch Glascarnoch in the Highlands, between Ullapool and Inverness.
Many are suffered travel disruption from the severe weather on Monday, with major roads closed and railway lines blocked amid flooding.
Manchester airport’s runways were closed early on Monday morning because of heavy snow but have since reopened.
In England, the Environment Agency had 193 flood warnings in place across England on Monday evening, meaning flooding is expected, and another 306 flood alerts indicating flooding was possible.
The Prime Minister also urged the public to follow advice from the emergency services, thanking them for their work and saying his “thoughts are with all those affected”.
In the Commons, environment minister Emma Hardy told MPs flooding was “a personal priority” for her, adding that the Environment Agency was particularly concerned about Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire.
Warning of further “localised” flooding to come over the next 24 to 36 hours, she pledged to overhaul the Government’s approach to funding flood defences “to ensure the challenges facing businesses and rural and coastal communities are taken into account when delivering flood protection.”
