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William Walker

Met Office issues new weather alert and warns of travel chaos as millions battle snow

Brits have been told to expect travel chaos and power outages from strong winds after the Met Office issued another severe weather warning.

Forecasters have issued the wind warning for parts of the East Midlands, North West England and Yorkshire and Humber.

It is in force from midnight on Friday until 5am.

The Met Office said in its warning: "Strong winds leading to some power disruption and additional travel delays."

They added that people should expect 'some short term loss of power and other services is likely' and said: "Delays to road and rail transport are likely in addition to that caused by snow."

It comes after a string of other yellow weather warnings were put in place with forecasters warning of “significant disruption” to transport and power supplies amid the arrival of Storm Larisa.

Warnings for snow and ice have been issued in London and the southeast, southwest England, the East Midlands and the East of England.

They are in place from 4am on Friday and until 10am the same day.

Another alert was also issued for Wales.

The Met Office said: "Periods of rain will likely transition to snow from the northwest, continuing east and south through Friday morning easing as it does so.

"A few centimetres of snow is likely in places, with 2-4 cm possible across parts of Wales, and perhaps higher ground elsewhere such as the Cotswolds.

"Icy surfaces also likely to develop."

Laris is to bring “treacherous conditions” to the UK into Friday morning, the weather experts said and 50mph winds and 40cm of snow is forecast in some areas.

Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said the storm, which has been named by the French weather service, is bringing rain and snow to the UK.

“Storm Larisa, which Meteo France have named, is the same low-pressure system that is bringing us the bands of rain,” he said.

“But essentially, we’re on the northern side of the low pressure system and it’s the southern side of that low pressure system that is going to be bringing particularly strong winds to parts of France.

“So that did originate out in the Atlantic and then it tracked its way eastward towards us, and the weather fronts that are swirling around that low pressure system have then been pushing into the cold air that has been in places across the UK and allowing that rain to start falling as snow across several areas.”

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