Britain braced for blizzards

12 April 2012

Britain is bracing itself for a day of blizzards and snow storms.

On Thursday, high winds caused havoc across Britain.

A 45-year-old man died at around 5.30am when his HGV was swept into the central reservation of the M6 motorway near to junction 38 in Tebay, Cumbria.

Nine vehicles overturned between junctions 36 and 44 of the same motorway in Cumbria while similar problems affected many parts of Scotland.

Temporary closures were enforced on the Forth Road Bridge and the Port of Dover where shipping movements were halted.

The winds are due to ease off a little on Friday but will be replaced by blizzards and snow showers.

Nikki Berry, a forecaster for Meteogroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said a blanket of snow is expected across parts of the country.

It will start in the north and move down across the country hitting Wales and the west of England before moving across to the east Anglia region. She said: "I think the message is everyone should be prepared."

Heavy snow is also predicted to fall in the far west and north of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Motoring agencies are warning drivers to plan for their journeys carefully before leaving home, while council gritters are on high alert to keep the roads clear of ice.

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