Mission Impassable! Blizzards cause carnage as vehicles are sent skidding off roads or abandoned in the snow while 100,000 homes suffer power cuts… and there’s plenty more to come…(Ice Age Cometh!)
Hundreds of drivers were forced to abandon their cars as blizzards swept the UK last night causing travel chaos
Tonight is predicted to be the coldest evening of the year so far with temperatures dipping as low as -10C
Lincolnshire Police dealt with 35 car crashes caused by the snow in the 12 hours from 8pm on Boxing Day
More than 100,000 homes suffered power cuts as heavy snow and strong winds wreaked havoc on electricity cables
A coachload of 30 people, including one pregnant woman, spent the night in a church after their bus became stuck
Snow forced Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport and Leeds Bradford International in Yorkshire to close
The Met Office has issued amber warnings for snow, ice and wind across much of Britain for today and tomorrow
Experts have warned that the conditions could see a repeat of the ‘horrendous’ excess winter deaths of 2012
By JENNY AWFORD
DailyMailUK
27 December 2014
Blizzards and ‘treacherous’ ice have caused carnage on the roads today as vehicles skidded off roads and were left abandoned in the snow.
More than 100,000 homes in Britain suffered power cuts as heavy snow and strong winds of up to 65mph wreaked havoc on electricity cables.
Tonight is expected to be the coldest evening of the year so far with temperatures dipping as low as -10C according to the Met Office, sparking fears that the conditions could claim scores of lives.
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded on the roads last night as up to five inches of snow fell in some areas, including Leek, near the Peak District in Staffordshire.
Lincolnshire Police alone dealt with 35 incidents involving crashes caused by the snow in the 12 hours between 8pm on Friday night and 8am Saturday morning.
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