The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across parts of the UK, including London, Brighton, Southampton, Kent, and West Sussex. Snowfall of up to 10cm is expected, with potential for travel disruptions, power cuts and limited mobile phone coverage.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice covering parts of the South East, South West and London on Wednesday. The national weather service has warned between 9am and midnight up to 10cm of snow could blanket the capital (likely on high ground) with 2-5cm building up fairly widely.There could also be disruption to road, rail and air travel with delays and cancellations likely as well as a small chance of stranded vehicles and passengers.
They also cautioned that there is a small chance of power cuts and disruption to mobile phone coverage.Rural communities, particularly in upland areas, could become cut off in more remote areas the warning covers.Sleet, snow and rain forecast for northern Scotland and Northern Ireland mean yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday at midday. The Met Office said:There is a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affectedThere is a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off, most likely in upland areasThere is a small chance of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air trave
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