UK weather: more than 100 flood warnings remain in place despite cold snap and snow falling

More than 100 flood warnings are still in place in England as parts of the country are still feeling the effects of last week's Storm Henk.

The Environment Agency (EA) confirmed that 126 warnings are in place for areas including on the River Thames in Wraysbury, Reading, Slough, Oxford, Salisbury, Cheltenham and Peterborough. Alongside the warnings, 136 flood alerts are in place in many of the same areas, meaning that flooding is possible.

It comes as a cold snap takes grip of the UK. Temperatures plummeted to freezing or below on Sunday evening, with the colder weather continuing throughout the week. Birmingham experienced -1C overnight, with Glasgow also reaching 0C and London dropping to 1C.

There has already been some snowfall as a result of the drop in temperatures, including in London, Kent and south-east England. A yellow weather warning for ice had been in place for south-eastern parts of England and southern parts of Northern Ireland until 10am yesterday (January 8).

The cold snap mixed with the flood warnings have led to fears of widespread ice in those regions with the flood alters and warnings. Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said that not much more snowfall was expected in the coming days, with any likely to be a light flutter.

He said: "We’re not expecting much in the way of further snowfall on Tuesday. In actual fact, it will be much sunnier than today, particularly in the south compared to Monday.”

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued an amber cold health alert over the weekend and extended this until Friday at midday in an update yesterday (January 8). This alert remains in place.