Warning as mercury set to dip
The region can expect further snowfall this weekend after the Met Office issued its first country-wide Level Three Cold Weather Alert of the winter – the second most serious grading.
The Government and charities are warning of health problems for the elderly and the vulnerable as temperatures today plummet to as low as -10C across the UK, with maximum temperatures expected of 2C, bringing widespread ice, and remaining freezing into next week.
In eastern Europe yesterday, 83 people died as temperatures plummeted to -32C as a result of bitterly cold winds blowing across the continent from Siberia.
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