Yorkshire snow: Roads close, traffic at a standstill and airport runways halted due to snowfall across the region
Snow has covered parts of Yorkshire overnight on Saturday (Jan 4), into Sunday (Jan 5), following an Amber weather warning from the Met Office.
National Highways has reported several road closures due to the adverse weather.
Elsewhere in Yorkshire there have been reports traffic has come to a standstill and Leeds Bradford Airport has also closed its runway, due to snowfall.
Yorkshire snow: Roads close, traffic at a standstill and airport runways halted due to snowfall across the region
Hundreds of homes without power in Yorkshire
At least 200 properties in Barnsley, 100 in Leeds, 70 in Harrogate and 50 in Doncaster are all affected currently.
In a statement on their PowerGrid Live Map, Northern Powergrid said: “The heavy snow and freezing rain has, and continues to, impact parts of our network. In some cases, it has affected our ability to safely carry out repairs as quickly as normal.”
Schools closures across the region
TransPennine Express urges customers not to travel on certain routes going through Leeds and York amid heavy snowfall
TransPennine Express (TPE) customers are being urged not to travel on the following routes on January 5, 2025: Manchester Airport - Glasgow Central and Edinburgh via Preston and Manchester Airport - Leeds - York and Newcastle.
This is a result of no bus replacement services being able to run for the planned engineering work due to the heavy snowfall which severely impacts roads and has led to the suspension of bus operations across the Pennines and North West.
Met Officer issues new snow warning
The Met Office has released a fresh snow and ice alert for all of Yorkshire, set to take effect tomorrow.
Spanning a vast area of the region, the Yellow warning will be in place from midnight on Monday until midnight on Tuesday.
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