Snowmageddon

So its a few days after the huge amount of snowfall settled across the UK and there are still thousands of home without power across parts of Wales, Cumbria, Scotland and Northern Island. The Isle of Arran has no power and several foot of snow. Places saw over 34 hours of continuous snowfall in the UK. The body of a 27 year old man was found by a farmer near Burnley after the man tried to walk home through the snow. Hundreds of drivers were left stranded across the UK with roads in Cumbria seen having buried cars in the snow.

 

 

Farmers on the Isle of Man had to rescue their sheep after they were trapped in fields with 6 foot snow drifts saying they had not managed to save some of their livestock.

 

The strong winds and heavy snowfall have resulted in hundreds of trees and power lines falling down. The heavy rain which began prior to the snow saw numerous landslides one of which killed a woman in her home. The strong winds saw blizzard like conditions and huge drifts forming across roads and fields. The thickness and weight of the snow has seen many buildings roofs collapse.

 

The snow is set to stay around throughout the week with cold temperatures and strong easterly winds meaning the snow cannot melt. Drifts of snow will continue to form and be greater in size and numerous wintry showers are expected.

However, the Easter weekend is to be another extremely heavy snowfall event. With another weather system heading for the UK and cold weather colliding. further snow will be likely and further disruption is certain.

 

Here are some pictures from my near my hometown in Lancashire which saw 10inches of snow and drifts of up to 5 feet and upon the hillside were there are gaps in the hedges even deeper snowdrifts.

 

The roads were mainly clear but in places where snow was blowing off the fields,
huge drifts covered the road, here being the highest and with cars stuck.

 


This car was unlucky enough to get stuck in a drift and the
snow kept falling and covered the vehicle

 



This was one of the roads were huge drifts were forming
and we didn't dare go on any further

This Month looks to be the coldest March in the last 50 years.
I'll keep you updated on the situation for Easter Weekend