Major incident declared in second county over flooding as children stranded at primary school - Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts in place after most of country saw heavy snow or icy rainfall over

Weather warnings for snow and ice are in force across much of the UK after severe flooding and snow caused travel disruption and school closures. Most of south-west England and Wales, coastal parts of North Wales and Merseyside and parts of north-west England and the West Midlands have a yellow snow and ice warning in place until 10am today (January 7).

Man’s body found in floodwaters as major incidents declared in Midlands - Nearly 60 people rescued from swamped homes and vehicles as commuters experience significant disruption