UK motorists caught out in heavy snowfall
(03-12 18:42)
Britain was hit by unseasonable spring blizzards that left hundreds of people stuck in their cars overnight and disrupted Eurostar services to the continent today.
Drivers were trapped for more than 10 hours as ice, snow and freezing winds descended on southeastern England, AFP reports. Temperatures dipped to as low as -3 degrees Celsius.
The Met Office said conditions would remain “unsettled with below average temperatures'' even beyond next week, in the run-up to Easter.
The counties of Sussex and Kent bordering London were worst affected with roads including stretches of the M23 motorway near Gatwick Airport under 10 centimeters of snow.
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