‘Danger to life’ weather warning issued as temperatures plunge and snow batters UK

Significant snowfall is still expected and the Met Office has now issued an amber warning

Parts of the UK reached lows of -14.4C overnight on Wednesday as the country continues to be battered by heavy snow. The Met Office has issued an amber 'danger to life' warning for Thursday night in the south-west of England. It comes in the wake of the severe temperatures and snowstorms up and down the country. Areas in Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Dorset and south Wales are likely to be worst hit by the coming bad weather. The snow could be heavy at times and around 3 to 7 cm could settle within two to three hours, with up to 10 cm in some places. Chief Meteorologist Dan Suri said: "As well as the Amber warning there are still Yellow snow and ice warnings in place for a wider area across the southern England and Wales and for the east of the UK and northern Scotland. This snow and ice could be disruptive causing delays to travel. "Snow amounts will vary within the warning areas with some places seeing very little." https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1090824100132651009   BBC Weather presenter Chris Fawkes said "snow and ice could cause disruption" during rush hour across the south west of England on Thursday night. "Mid and south Wales will also have snow, and it will move into central and southern parts of England, and into south east England," the BBC reported. "The north east of England and north Scotland will also see snow showers and cold temperatures on Thursday night." The highest snowfall accumulations are likely to be in areas above 150 metres or so.