The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning lasting until Saturday morning highlighting the risk of icy conditions across the North East.
This sees the forecasters highlight the risk of thawing snow from Storm Larisa, which has been named by the French weather service, turning to ice over the coming hours amid freezing temperatures. The new ice warning runs from is is in addition the yellow warning set to hit on Saturday afternoon with regard to further snowfall.
The new ice warning is in effect from 9.30am on Friday until 10am Saturday. Later on Saturday, the warning of more snow will be in effect from 3pm on Saturday, March 11 until 6am on Sunday, March 12.