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| UK fog to clear in time for new year cold snap | |
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| A Met Office fog warning across the south of England has been extended, with motorists being urged to drive with care and air passengers being warned of more travel delays. | A Met Office fog warning across the south of England has been extended, with motorists being urged to drive with care and air passengers being warned of more travel delays. |
| Travellers using Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports were being advised to check flight information in advance on Saturday after hundreds of flights were cancelled and many more were delayed on Friday. | Travellers using Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports were being advised to check flight information in advance on Saturday after hundreds of flights were cancelled and many more were delayed on Friday. |
| Forecasters said the heavy fog would largely lift before New Year’s Eve fireworks displays, although an incoming cold snap would see temperatures plummet as low as -5C (23F) by New Year’s Day. | Forecasters said the heavy fog would largely lift before New Year’s Eve fireworks displays, although an incoming cold snap would see temperatures plummet as low as -5C (23F) by New Year’s Day. |
| hopes the #fog clears for #NewYear #Fireworks @TheLondonEye #LoveLondon.... pic.twitter.com/ywU3q28SVx | |
| A “yellow” weather warning was issued in north-west Scotland, with heavy rain and gale-force winds expected to cause difficult driving conditions ahead of Hogmanay celebrations. | A “yellow” weather warning was issued in north-west Scotland, with heavy rain and gale-force winds expected to cause difficult driving conditions ahead of Hogmanay celebrations. |
| The Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson said visibility on Saturday morning could be down to 100 metres after the lingering, freezing fog spread further overnight. | The Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson said visibility on Saturday morning could be down to 100 metres after the lingering, freezing fog spread further overnight. |
| “We think it will gradually improve throughout the morning but it will be a slow process,” he said. Some patches of fog could persist into the evening “but not as widespread or as dense”. | “We think it will gradually improve throughout the morning but it will be a slow process,” he said. Some patches of fog could persist into the evening “but not as widespread or as dense”. |
| @MisterGreenwich @SnapYourWorld @PintoFotografia #Fog-tastic Thames! 😀 #Greenwich #LoveLondon #ThePhotoHour #StormHour pic.twitter.com/263pvDd3bK | |
| The cold snap would be short-lived, lasting only until Monday and there would be more sunshine, he said. | |
| Love fog, but hoping it clears for fireworks! 🎆🎊🎉Might not though because 2016. 😐#Goodbye2016 #London #LoveLondon #foggy #NewYearsEve pic.twitter.com/vspej3Zt0c | |
| Dr Deborah Turbitt, from Public Health England London, told people to look out for others, particularly the very young, old and ill, during the cold snap. | Dr Deborah Turbitt, from Public Health England London, told people to look out for others, particularly the very young, old and ill, during the cold snap. |
| “Every winter thousands of people die because of their exposure to cold weather, and doctors’ surgeries, hospitals and other parts of the NHS are kept busy as people fall ill – that’s why it’s really important that we all do everything we can to ensure everyone stays well this winter,” she said. | “Every winter thousands of people die because of their exposure to cold weather, and doctors’ surgeries, hospitals and other parts of the NHS are kept busy as people fall ill – that’s why it’s really important that we all do everything we can to ensure everyone stays well this winter,” she said. |
| A driver and 16 of his passengers were hurt when a coach veered off an M40 slip road and overturned in heavy fog near Milton Common in Oxfordshire at 2.45am on Friday. It happened 20 miles (32km) from the scene of a fatal pile-up on the A40 in similarly treacherous conditions on Wednesday morning. | A driver and 16 of his passengers were hurt when a coach veered off an M40 slip road and overturned in heavy fog near Milton Common in Oxfordshire at 2.45am on Friday. It happened 20 miles (32km) from the scene of a fatal pile-up on the A40 in similarly treacherous conditions on Wednesday morning. |