UK weather live: 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 weekend and consequent disruption
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Your support makes all the difference.Children have been left stranded at a primary school due to flooding in the surrounding areas, as Lincolnshire becomes the second county to declare a major incident.
Edenham Church of England school had been advised by the local fire brigade to stop parents from collecting their children, to prevent further vehicles from becoming stuck.
A major incident has also been declared in Leicestershire as the Met Office issued a number of fresh weather warnings across the UK.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said it declared a major incident in response to widespread flooding across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland this morning, after receiving more than 200 calls. Crews have freed cars stuck in flood water, evacuated residents from flooded homes, and rescued 17 members of the public so far.
It came as the Met Office issued several new yellow warnings for snow and ice, which cover most of the country on the first Monday of the new year, with another for snow lasting into Wednesday.
Meanwhile, hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across England and Wales amid heavy rain and thawing snow.
Consequent travel chaos has continued across the UK, with key roads flooded, trains cancelled and flights delayed.
Watch: Snowfall on A3 in Surrey as weather causes flight delays and motorway chaos
Ill person sledged to safety after home cut off by snow, according to local rescue team
An ill person whose house was cut off by the snow in Marsden was sledged to safety this morning, according to a local rescue team.
In a post on social media, Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team said: “This morning, the team assisted Yorkshire Ambulance Service in Marsden during the UK snow when a local person took ill, but whose house was cut-off by deep drifts. The team sledged them in our Lyon Equipment Bell stretcher to a waiting crew.
“Everyone wishes them a speedy recovery.”
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