Met Office extends warnings as 740-mile snow blanket to blitz UK - full list of areas

The Met Office has extended its UK weather warnings as Britons expect continued cold and snowy misery into the coming weekend.

New yellow alerts for snow and ice have been placed over southern and southwestern England as the vicious cold snap continues past the 24 hour mark. Several-dozen new areas have been added to the already extensive list, with November 23 and 24 bringing another 24 hours of misery.

The following regions and local authorities will be affected over the weekend:

Wales

• Blaenau Gwent
• Bridgend
• Caerphilly
• Cardiff
• Carmarthenshire
• Ceredigion
• Conwy
• Denbighshire
• Gwynedd
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Monmouthshire
• Neath Port Talbot
• Newport
• Pembrokeshire
• Powys
• Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Swansea
• Torfaen
• Vale of Glamorgan
• Wrexham

West Midlands

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire

South West England

• Cornwall
• Devon
• Plymouth
• Torbay

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