Batten down the hatches!
Schools closed, traffic chaos... and it’s not over yet
SCHOOLS were closed and drivers faced treacherous conditions as Coventry and Warwickshire remained in an icy grip with the threat of more snow and ice.
Forecasters predict more snow today and tomorrow as storm Emma rolled in from the Atlantic to meet the Beast from the East’s chilly Russian air.
Many schools were closed before 9am yesterday and more in Warwickshire closed during the day as snow hit the region.
Adverse weather conditions and other unexpected circumstances, such as heating failure, are leading schools being closed for safety reasons.
The decision to close is taken on a school-by-school basis.
In Coventry, one nursery school in Clifton Street was closed to pupils due to the heating and Wyken Croft was closed to pupils and staff because of a boiler breakdown.
Park Lane Primary School in Nuneaton was also fully closed because the heating was broken.
Extreme weather up and down the country left drivers stranded and many roads impassable with another day of sub-zero temperatures, icy blasts and blizzard like conditions to come.
As winds picked up drifting snow caused problems as temperatures plunged to a widespread minus 6C.
More than £10 million of damage has been done to cars in just three days as the Beast from the East pounces on the UK’s roads, an insurer has estimated.
Figures from the AA’s Cardiffbased car insurance claims team suggest that nationally the Siberian snow has led to more than 8,000 collisions – costing insurers more than £10.7 million.
The estimated bill is based on the average cost of repairing a damaged car being around £1,300.