Heavy snowfall in London causes flights to be cancelled

London has been covered by a blanket of snow, causing travel chaos as many flights have been affected. Check it out…

By: Corné van Zyl

Watch as London is covered by a blanket of snow, causing travel chaos as scores of flights are affected.

WATCH AS LONDON TURNED INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND

According to reports, scores of flights were affected at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, and London City.

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Schools, railways, and Tube lines were closed while hundreds of flights were axed.

Several warnings were issued ahead of a week of chaos on the transport network.

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SEVERAL WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR THIS WEEK

There is a yellow warning in place for London and south-east England until Tuesday, and a yellow warning for ice and fog in Northern Ireland until Tuesday.

The yellow warning in Scotland is for snow and ice until Thursday.

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According to the Met Office, Monday has provisionally been the coldest day in the UK since December 2010.

COLDEST DAY SINCE DECEMBER 2010

The Met Office reportedly said it is the result of cold air from the arctic being pushed over the UK, which has been caused by a high-pressure weather system over Greenland and Iceland moving eastwards towards another high-pressure system over Russia.

The result is a cold air mass in between being squeezed southwards and over the UK. Weather warnings from the Met Office are currently in place for the northern UK until Thursday.