As reported by the BBC, snow storms cause travel disruption in Scotland. Scotland is located at the northern end of Britain's most severely affected by snow.
The vehicle driver also faces a long traffic jams and roads slick with ice. Air travel was also disrupted, with the closure of Durham Tees Valley Airport, and Edinburgh Airport is opened only for landing.
About 1,200 homes in Scotland, has disconnected the power supply. Scottish Energy Company (SSE) said the technicians have been deployed to restore the electrical connection at around 3,000 homes. Most of the Perth and Tayside region.
And carrying around 800 schools in Scotland are closed. Some City Council members decided the school remained closed until Tuesday. While in other northern England, about 450 schools closed. In Northern Ireland, there are 93 schools and 10 schools closed in Wales.
Rescue operation was launched in the area of Lincolnshire to attract about 60 cars off the street that is no longer possible to pass. Scotland's worst traffic jams, causing the car queue until a few kilometers, which is between Dunblane and Perth.
Local Government Association said the number of City Council was to increase reserves of salt, which is used to make
ice-covered streets are not too slippery. The snow also caused garbage collection had to be postponed in the north Tyneside. Lightning and thunder storms also caused power outages in Cornwall.
Government Edinburgh City Council, Perth and Kinross, Moray and Midlothian, said the situation was "bad weather emergency" and said schools will remain closed on Tuesday. More than 450 schools were closed in the UK, especially in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham, Cumbria, East Yorkshire and Shropshire.
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