A three-day snow warning has been issued by the Met Office for much of Britain, with temperatures set to plunge for the first weekend of 2025. Around 5cm of snow is expected to fall widely across swathes of the Midlands, Wales and northern England, with as much as 20-30cm over high ground in Wales or the Pennines.

Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place, as the Met Office also issued another two days of warnings for snow and ice.

The South East is braced for more flooding on Tuesday amid a slew of flood warnings and alerts. The Environment Agency (EA) has warned that some river levels are likely to peak on Tuesday evening with a forecast of more rainfall,

Homes were flooded and vehicles stranded Monday as a soggy and cold spell continued to disrupt life across parts of the U.K. and more wintry weather was expected.