THAW POINT

Hundreds of schools are closed | Cars stranded and rail hit too

- NADA FARHOUD

COMMUTERS getting back to work yesterday faced a chaotic start to 2025 on what the AA dubbed Miserable Monday.

Amid ongoing rain and snow showers, hundreds of schools were closed and railway lines were shut.

There were 181 Environment Agency flood warnings active last night, one at a caravan park in Leicestershire rated severe, and 299 alerts.

All runways at Manchester Airport were closed yesterday morning.

West Yorkshire was one of the areas worst hit, as almost half a centimetre of snow per hour fell there over the weekend and into yesterday.

The cold snap will continue this week, with low pressure bringing below-average temperatures and potential disruption.

National Severe Weather Warnings for snow and ice are currently in place and are likely to be updated through the week, warned the Met Office.

On Sunday night the UK had its coldest snap of winter so far, with -13.3C recorded in Loch Glascarnoch, near Inverness.

South East England was much milder, with temperatures remaining in double figures in places.