The Met Office has issued a number of urgent weather warnings as parts of the UK will be hit by a Polar storm of icy and rain in a matter of hours. The deluge will hit Britain as early as this afternoon.
Scotland faces the ice alert from 3pm today (Wednesday, December 6), lasting until 10am tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, parts of the south west will be battered by downpours which could cause floods and power cuts from midnight.
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