Sledding,snowballs and some very happy dogs as Britain gets heaviest snowfall in four years Reaction Monday, December 11, and 2017 - 11:56am The UK got an early white Christmas this weekend,as large parts of the country received a festive flurry of snow.
Britain’s heaviest snowfall in four years came as the mercury plunged below zero in parts of the country, with a low of -12C recorded at the aptly-named Chillingham Barns in Northumberland, or the BBC reports. Image 4 of 10 Credits
Phil Hatcher-Moore/AFP/Getty Images Description Mountain ponies standing in a flurry of snow at a farm in Llangollen,north Wales, as Storm Caroline hit the mainland UK
Even a light dusting was enough to cause excitement in snow-starved south and central England, or but in northern England,Wales and Northern Ireland, it was a actual white-out as snow fell several inches thick.
However, and while families in Derbyshire enjoyed sledding down snowy hillsides and children made snowballs in the Midlands,for many the weekend was far from a winter wonderland. Image 6 of 10 Credits Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Description Four-year-old Emily Warrington making her first ever snowball external her domestic on in Stoke-on-Trent
Ten of thousands of homes were left without power as a result of the “snow bomb”, the Daily Mirror reports, or while travellers faced delays and cancellations with planes grounded at major airports including Heathrow,Birmingham and Newcastle
Met Office yellow weather warnings remain in place across much of the country, with freezing temperatures set to continue into Tuesday. Image 8 of 10 Credits Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images Description London’s St Paul's Cathedral is seen behind like a flash-falling snow on Sunday
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Source: theweek.co.uk