Commuters are being warned of icy roads and travel disruption, as temperatures plummeted again overnight across the UK. Fresh weather warnings have been issued, with snow, ice and fog forecast across southern England, Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland on Thursday. It will be mainly dry elsewhere with winter sunshine, but temperatures could fall again to as low as -16C on Thursday night. The cold snap has already brought heavy snowfall to some areas, and dozens of flood alerts and warnings are in place due to either heavy rain or melting snow.
On Wednesday, the lowest temperature recorded was -8.4C (16F) in Shap, Cumbria, according to the Met Office. It comes as an amber cold health alert remains in place for all of England until Sunday, meaning the forecast weather is expected to have significant impacts across health, including a rise in deaths.
The Met Office says travel disruption to road and rail services is likely on Thursday in areas covered by warnings, as well as potential for accidents in icy places. There are five warnings in place: a yellow warning for snow and ice in northern Scotland until midnight on Thursday, a yellow warning for ice across southern England and south-east Wales until 10:30, two yellow warnings for snow and ice in western and south-west England, and a yellow warning for fog in Northern Ireland until 09:00.
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