Snowfall set to hit depth of six inches
Heavy snow was expected across the Midlands today, with up to six inches set to fall in places. A severe warning has been issued for the region.
Heavy snow was expected across the Midlands today, with up to six inches set to fall in places. A severe warning has been issued for the region.
Temperatures plummeted to -8C (18F) overnight.
Gritting teams were out in force in the early hours to try to prevent chaos on the roads, with the first flakes expected from 3pm and snowfall due to continue into the night.
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Emergency services in the West Midlands and Staffordshire were today braced for call-outs to weather-related crashes with treacherous conditions expected later as the region was on amber alert.
Pitch inspections were today taking place across the Midlands as teams waited to hear if their fixtures would beat the big freeze. All mat-ches on local authority land in Wolverhampton and Sandwell have been halted.
West Bromwich Albion's home game with Swansea City today and Wolves' away match at QPR, both 3pm kick-offs, were expected to go ahead. Walsall's clash at Scunthorpe was cancelled.
Yesterday, a 14-year-old boy had to be rescued by firefighters after he was left stranded on a wooden pallet in a frozen pond. Emergency services were called to a pond in Willenhall Lane, Bloxwich, to reports that the teenager was stranded after falling through the thin ice.
The boy was taken to Walsall Manor Hospital.