The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for large parts of the UK and flooding is expected in over 70 areas across Britain.
Snow and ice warnings are in place for most of eastern England from 10am until 4pm.
The Environment Agency has issued flood alerts across parts of England for Sunday, Jonathan Day, flood duty manager at the agency said more than 24,000 home and businesses have been protected, but over 300 has been flooded.
The Met Office said there is a yellow warning for snow and ice from Derby to most of Scotland, and snow could be “heavy at times,” adding there could be “some disruption to travel.”
The forecaster said, “accumulations of 1-3cm (of snow) will be possible at low levels, with 3-7cm possible above about 150m elevation, and perhaps 10-15cm above 400m”.
The warning on the Met Office’s website reads, “Areas sheltered to the north of high ground may see very little snow.
“Ice will be an additional hazard, particularly across north-east England and parts of Scotland where precipitation has the potential to fall on frozen ground, leading to very slippery conditions.
“Snow will turn increasingly to rain into Sunday morning, perhaps as a short spell of freezing rain in places, before eventually clearing to the east with a steady thaw of lying snow then setting in.”
Adding, “Rain moving eastwards through Sunday morning is likely to turn increasingly to sleet and snow.
“Slushy accumulations of 1cm or so are likely, with a chance of 2-4cm should snow turn briefly heavier, this more likely for the Lincolnshire Wolds and parts of Norfolk and Suffolk.”
