UK weather live: Flooding hits road and rail travel, while Manchester Airport reopens runways after heavy snow

Adam Goldsmith
Reside reporter

Picture supply, Getty Photographs

When you had been attempting to journey early this morning, in the present day has possible been a day of disruption after heavy snowfall hit a lot of the UK in a single day.

The icy entrance was significantly heavy within the north, the place main airports had been compelled to close their runways, and a extreme climate alert has been in place on roads for a lot of the day.

Because the day went on, infrastructure started to fare a bit of higher, with Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airport each reopening their runways after early morning closures. They warn passengers should still expertise delays.

And, some had been even in a position to embrace the wintry circumstances – we’ve completely loved residing vicariously by your sledding movies and canine footage from right here within the BBC basement.

However, as snowfall turns into rain and snow on the bottom begins to soften, flood warnings are cropping up, exterior within the south of the UK – 23 are presently in place alongside an additional 226 flood alerts.

This has already brought on delays on the railways, the place flooded tracks are forcing trains to go slower.

The snow and frost is not fully gone although – 5 snow and ice warnings will nonetheless be in place throughout the north of England, Scotland and Northern Eire within the morning, the place residents ought to anticipate an icy begin.

We’re about to wrap up our stay protection for the night, however for extra on what to anticipate into the evening and tomorrow, you will get the most recent updates right here.

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