A rare red warning for "dangerous stormy winds" has come into force for parts of south-west England as Storm Goretti hits the UK, with heavy snow and rain expected.

Roads are closed, trains are cancelled and weather warnings remain in force after Storm Goretti battered the UK. Heavy snow has fallen across large parts of the country, including some areas of Greater Manchester.

KLM warned that it was running out of de-icing fluid after severe wintry weather has grounded planes in the Netherlands. The Dutch airline’s de-icing trucks were in use round the clock at Schiphol airport earlier this week, burning through 85,000 litres of the mixture a day.

The new year is here and so are the sub-zero temperatures with most of the UK thrown into the chilliest of cold plunges.

THE Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow and ice in many parts as an Arctic blast is poised to grip the country – and rare Amber alert has also been given. For New Year’s

Met Office chief forecaster Neil Armstrong described Storm Goretti as a ‘multi-hazard event’ with heavy rain, strong winds and snow. He said up to 10cm of snow is likely widely in Wales and the Midlands, with 15-25cm and a potential for up to 30cm in some areas.

The Met Office has issued two weather warnings for Greater Manchester this weekend, as the UK reels from Storm Goretti. Snow, rain and strong winds battered the country on Thursday evening (January 8), with the impacts still being felt today (Friday).

The Met Office has issued a “risk to life” weather warning as snow is set to blanket the UK, with blizzards set to hit some areas. Weather alerts in parts of Scotland have been upgraded from yellow to amber by the forecaster, while yellow warnings are in place elsewhere as people face a wintry start to the new year.

New weather charts have unveiled a sweeping snow bomb set to deliver flurries of up to an inch per hour across the UK. The balmy conditions of early December have been replaced by a biting chill in certain areas,