UK weather: Met office warns SNOW could fall today as Britain hit by -2C plunge with EIGHT cold health alerts in place

THE Met Office has warned snowfall could autumn TODAY arsenic temperatures are acceptable to plunge to an icy -2C - with 8 acold wellness alerts successful place.

Brits person been urged to brace for plummeting figures again, portion the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued caller yellowish alerts.

They screen the North East, North West and East of England, Yorkshire and The Humber, arsenic good arsenic the East and West Midlands.

Those successful London and the South East are besides nether informing and acceptable to beryllium affected.

Officials stated areas nether caution tin expect "minor impacts connected wellness and societal attraction services".

These see "increased usage of healthcare services by susceptible people" and "greater hazard to beingness of susceptible people."

The informing is much stark for Yorkshire and The Humber, with the portion being warned of "potential important impacts" crossed wellness and attraction services.

This includes a hazard of a emergence successful deaths, peculiarly among those aged 65 and implicit oregon with wellness conditions, arsenic good arsenic imaginable impacts connected younger property groups.

All warnings came into effect connected January 17 astatine 6pm and volition extremity astatine 9am connected January 21.

The UKHSA has besides warned that determination is apt to beryllium an summation successful request for wellness services and impacts connected the workforce affecting transportation of services successful the bluish area.

It besides highlighted challenges the temperatures could airs to keeping indoor conditions astatine the recommended 18C, which could truthful summation the hazard for susceptible people.

It comes arsenic the Met Office forecast snowfall whitethorn autumn crossed the southbound today.

Elsewhere forecasters announced it volition stay cloudy successful astir parts of the UK, with immoderate sunny spells implicit higher ground.

There volition beryllium patches of rainfall and drizzle for most.

While mild temperatures are expected successful the north, figures are acceptable to driblet successful the south.

The Met Office warned of "significant change" to upwind implicit the weekend, with temperatures expected to plummet to arsenic debased arsenic -3C.

Conditions successful parts of Northumberland and County Durham are expected to autumn beneath freezing connected Saturday night.

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said that portion adust upwind is acceptable to get this weekend, temperatures are expected to driblet slightly.

He said this is being caused by colder aerial coming successful from Europe, with temperatures dropping "relatively low" arsenic aboriginal arsenic Friday night.

Alex added: "Many places in England and Wales will driblet adjacent to freezing, with immoderate areas going below."

While the forecast did accidental a "bit more" sunshine volition get connected Saturday, this volition chiefly beryllium for bluish areas.

This comes aft the Met Office issued a fog informing earlier connected Friday amid "tricky conditions".

It comes aft major incidents were declared earlier this period aft dense snowfall and "severe" flooding.

The Environment Agency issued implicit 300 flooding alerts portion 4 UK airports were forced to cancel and hold flights amid runway closures.

Hundreds of schoolhouse were besides forced to closed for days during the chaos.

Elsewhere, firefighters successful Leicestershire rescued 59 radical portion the body of a antheral was recovered from an country of flooding in North Yorkshire.