Liverpool woke up on Sunday morning to a blanket of snow. It may look nice but there's been a yellow weather warning from the met office and major travel disruption on the roads. It's also affected the public transport network as well as flights in and out of Liverpool airport.
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00:00Heavy snowfall brought chaos across large swathes of the UK over the weekend
00:05and the disruptions continued into this week over on public transport services
00:09and flood warnings in place. Liverpool John Lennon Airport runway was
00:14temporarily closed on Sunday morning and officially reopened around 1 p.m.
00:18Flights were delayed throughout the day and into the early hours of Monday
00:22morning and despite the airport being open as normal passengers are being
00:25warned of further disruption. On the Mersey rail network due to flooding 30
00:30minute rail services have been running between Hooton and Liverpool.
00:33Additionally due to flooding at Versailles train services to Hebbalt
00:37Lane were cancelled and delayed plus a points failure at Hunts Cross also
00:41caused disruption to services. A number of roads have been affected by flooding
00:45across Wirral following rain snow and sleet. Across Merseyside the M56 and M53
00:50have been affected and roads across the region have had to close. This follows
00:54snow and ice amber warnings over the weekend followed by a yellow warning on
00:59Monday morning. Liverpool Council said its gritting teams have been working
01:02around the clock to keep our roads safe by using 225 tons of grit with crews
01:08spreading another 20 tons by hand plus 175 street grit bins have been filled.
01:14Icy stretches are expected to develop due to ongoing wet surfaces following
01:18earlier rain and in places snow melts. Liverpool Council's urgent drivers to
01:23take extra precautions this winter as adverse weather conditions can
01:26significantly increase the risk of road traffic collisions. According to the
01:30Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in 2023 21 people were killed
01:36382 were seriously injured and over a thousand were slightly injured in
01:41reported road traffic collisions on Britain's roads when there was rain snow
01:45sleet or fog. The Met Office says further wintry showers and icy stretches are
01:49expected across Merseyside with temperatures dropping as low as minus
01:53three degrees Celsius. Tuesday sees a mix of rain, sleet, snow and hail but
01:57Wednesday and Thursday will most likely be dry.