Brits warned ‘check on neighbours’ as 5-day cold weather alert issued with SNOW to hit – what does it mean for you?

BRITS person been warned to "check connected their neighbours" arsenic a five-day acold upwind alert is issued with SNOW expected to hit.

The Met Office has cautioned determination volition beryllium a "greater hazard to life" arsenic temperatures driblet implicit the weekend.

Four yellowish acold wellness alerts person been issued crossed the North and South of England from 9am connected February 7 until February 11.

The nationalist upwind bureau says determination is hazard of "wintry hazards similar snowfall and ice" and "easterly winds, debased temperatures".

This volition interaction wellness and social care services, arsenic much radical crook to them for assistance, cautions the forecaster.

Yorkshire and The Humber, areas successful the North East and West, arsenic good parts of the South East person each been issued with yellowish alerts.

In Wales, wherever snowfall is forecast, temperatures volition driblet to an eye-watering 1C.

As freezing temperatures hit, the UK Health Security Agency has urged Brits to "check connected their neighbours" arsenic susceptible radical look an expanding hazard of death.

Those aged implicit 65 oregon who person bosom and circulation conditions are said to beryllium peculiarly astatine hazard owed to the acold weather.

It's long-range forecast adds that snowfall and airy rainfall are expected to fall, earlier drier conditions are established aboriginal connected successful the week.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Paul Gundersen, said: “While immoderate areas volition spot showers oregon immoderate patchy rainfall connected Friday and done the weekend,

"There volition beryllium the imaginable for immoderate sleet oregon snowfall arsenic temperatures drop, mostly implicit higher crushed successful cardinal and confederate areas. The acold volition beryllium accentuated astatine times by brisk easterly winds.

“There volition beryllium variable, and astatine times ample amounts of unreality implicit the coming days with the clearest and sunniest upwind crossed the northwest of the UK.

"There volition besides beryllium icy patches and overnight frost successful places. Whilst, for most, the upwind is not expected to beryllium disruptive, support an oculus connected the Met Office  website for immoderate National Severe Weather Warnings.”

It comes aft parts of the UK were washed retired with up to 60mm of rainfall earlier this week aft the Met Office issued a yellowish upwind informing for rain.

That set of rainfall moved eastbound crossed England and Wales - with dense showers seen further north.

The Environment Agency had 40 flood alerts and 8 warnings successful spot crossed England today.

While the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had 5 alerts and 2 warnings successful place.