THE exact date snow will fall THIS WEEK has been revealed – as Storm Corrie is set to bring a UK-wide deep freeze.
Corrie is barrelling into Britain just hours after the mighty gusts of Storm Malik killed three people over the weekend.
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And the latest storm will bring the white stuff with it, as snow is set to fall in parts of Cumbria as early as Friday.
As the day goes on, areas just south of Manchester will see flurries too, WXCharts weather maps predict.
Weather Outlook forecaster Brian Gaze told the Express: “During next week, it looks like high pressure is being centred further southwest than it has been recently.
“That will lead to more changeable and at times windy weather, particularly in the northern half of the UK.
“Pulses of polar maritime air from the northwest could bring brief colder interludes, with showers turning wintry in the north and over the Welsh mountains.”
It comes after a nine-year-old boy was crushed to death by a falling tree in Staffordshire on Saturday as winds topped 90mph.
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A woman, 60, was also killed after a tree was blown over during gale-force winds in Aberdeen, while a man, 32, died after a lorry overturned on the M74.
And the devastation is far from over, after yellow weather warnings were issued earlier today.
The Met Office urged Brits to take care when out during Storm Corrie, particularly those living on the east coast of England.
The wind warning covered just north of Norwich all the way up to the village of Seahouses in Northumberland.
Gusts were set to reach top speeds of 60mph, with “large and dangerous waves” and “injuries and danger to life from flying debris” expected.
A yellow warning for wind now only covers the North East Scotland from 6am to 6pm.
Thousands of households were left without power across the north of England and Scotland at the weekend, with a staggering 37,000 still in the dark.
Hospitality worker Clare Stirling-Turnbull, 47, of Powburn, Northumberland, has been without heating and electricity since 9am on Saturday.
To make matters worse, one of the children in her family of six has Covid and is currently isolating.
She said: “So we can’t go to relatives’ houses. We have no electric, no heating or hot water – we do have a wood burner so can heat one room.”
Several schools in Aberdeenshire announced they will shut or delay opening today as they battle power and heating problems.
Storm Corrie moved eastwards across Scotland on Sunday and is set to push across the North Sea throughout Monday.
Winds of 92mph were recorded in Stornoway, on the Western Isles, in the early hours of this morning, which forecasters have described as “exceptionally strong”.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “There is no wonder there were significant impacts such as power outages and damage to buildings.
“It is very unfortunate that things were worse than that for some people.”
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