Parts of the UK will be covered in four inches of snow and sheet ice could turn roads and pavements into deadly skating-rinks during a month-long mega-freeze.
Elderly and vulnerable people are being urged to take care as temperatures plummet to as low as -15C in what has been called 'the greatest threat posed by the weather in 10 years'.
Public Health England (PHE) has issued a ‘severe weather action’ health alert for parts of the UK as heavy snow, which has already blanketed parts of the UK, will spread widely through the next 24 hours.
Swathes of the country including London and the southeast are on the snow hit list. The freezing conditions sweeping in from Russia and Eastern Europe could also disrupt rail and air services and people
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