UK set for cold snap after weekend of floods

People crossed the UK are facing a week of colder weather, with warnings of frost and snowfall successful the coming days.

A acold drawback is expected to proceed good into adjacent week, with dense snowfall affecting parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A terrible acold upwind alert has besides been issued for England from Sunday evening.

There are 95 flood warnings successful spot successful England, with floods having damaged hundreds of homes already.

But the wetter upwind is expected to subside arsenic the acold drawback - expected to past until Thursday - sweeps crossed the UK.

The Met Office has issued a yellowish informing for snowfall and crystal for bluish Scotland from Sunday day done to Wednesday morning.

It has besides issued a yellowish informing for crystal covering Northern Ireland, confederate Scotland, bluish England, bluish Wales and the Midlands from Sunday evening until 10:00 GMT connected Monday.

And determination is simply a further informing for snowfall crossed parts of south-east England successful spot from 02:00 to 08:00 connected Monday.

BBC Weather forecaster Susan Powell said: "We're swapping the wet, comparatively mild upwind for colder conditions which volition bring the hazard of frost and snow.

"While it is drier successful the days ahead, determination are inactive galore flood warnings successful spot crossed the UK."

The flood warnings and 66 flood alerts successful spot successful England connected Sunday were issued by the Environment Agency and are down from 98 warnings and 169 alerts connected Saturday.

Residents are urged to instrumentality attraction arsenic determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate icy patches connected immoderate untreated roads, pavements and rhythm paths and immoderate roads and railways are apt to beryllium affected with longer travel times by road, autobus and bid services.

The Met Office said: "A fewer centimetres of snowfall are apt astatine debased levels implicit a fixed 24-hour period, with the imaginable for 10-15cm (4-6in) supra 200 metres, particularly crossed parts of the Highlands."

It said crystal would beryllium an further hazard, particularly connected Tuesday night. The Met Office besides warned of wide frost by Monday night, with overnight temperatures beneath 0°C (32F) successful galore parts of the UK.

"Temperatures could get down to -10°C successful sheltered glens, oregon crossed precocious crushed areas of Scotland wherever determination is lying snow," the Met Office said.

The spell of acold upwind follows a play of flooding.

The floods person submerged parts of York metropolis centre, with the banks of the River Ouse bursting aft aggravated rainfall connected Saturday.

Earlier, flood defences, including boarding, were deployed successful York metropolis centre.

City of York Council said it had taken the measurement to support the country "safe and open" arsenic it urged visitors to program their journeys successful advance.

Drivers are besides being warned to expect a surge successful potholes aft the freezing upwind successful December.

Several shot matches person been cancelled crossed Devon and Cornwall due to the fact that of terrible upwind conditions there.