Weather: Body Found In Floods, Rain And Snow

A body has been found at a house in Looe, Cornwall, which was badly damaged in flooding following heavy rains last night, firefighters said.

The front wall of the three-storey building crumbled away after a downpour caused mud and debris to crash into the back of the property.

There was widespread flooding across the South West after rain hit on Thursday night. It then moved further north falling as snow in central and northern England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Breakdown services reported there had been thousands of call-outs from motorists, while in Northern Ireland power was cut to more than 110,000 homes and businesses. Roads and airports were closed.

Three amber snow warnings were issued across Britain

However, the body found in Looe appeared to be the only fatality so far from the wintry weather.

Fire crews had been searching the wrecked building for Susan Norman, who is said to be in her 60s, for several hours before the body was discovered.  

David King of Devon and Cornwall Fire and Rescue told Sky News: "We have not fully identified the body and have not recovered it from the position it is in.

"The property is still very unstable and the urban search rescue team is still on site and is trying to make it as safe as possible."

More than a dozen residents were evacuated from the building earlier.

Buxton in the Peak District was said to be virtually cut off by the snow

Sky's weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar warned the bad weather could continue to cause problems into the weekend.

"There'll be more snow tonight, from around the M4 up into central Scotland and across the north of Ireland, while southern counties will have yet more rain," she said.

"Saturday will see snow over central parts slowly fading, but there'll be a raw wind and it will stay near freezing away from the South West.

"The average temperature for the month so far, combining day and night, has been around 3C, well below the long term average of 6C. It's highly unlikely to be record breaking (the coldest March on record was in 1962, at 1.9C), but it could well be the coldest for over 25 years."

Up to eight inches (20.3cm) of snow is expected to hit the worst-affected parts of the North West, North Wales and south-west Scotland.

Higher areas could even see up to 16in (40.6cm), while bitterly cold gale-force winds create blizzard-like conditions and plunge temperatures down well below freezing.

Northern Ireland's game against Russia at Windsor Park has been postponed

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In Northern Ireland, power was cut to more than 110,000 homes and businesses and around 70 schools were closed. Electricity was restored to 60,000 of the properties by mid-afternoon but engineers were still trying to reconnect thousands in counties Antrim and Down.

Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying match against Russia at Windsor Park in Belfast was postponed from Friday evening to Saturday despite ground staff working through the day to clear the pitch.

Drifts of up to 40cm (15.7 inches) were reported in some areas.

Non-essential staff at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria were sent home early as local schools were closed and transport disrupted because of the bad weather.

In the West Midlands, nearly 230 schools shut their doors to pupils, with many reporting burst pipes and frozen heating systems.

Staffordshire was worst hit with 170 closing their doors, but there was also disruption in Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton.

Another 200 schools closed across North Wales and scores were shut across Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

Food supplies were being airlifted to the Isle of Man as the severe weather disrupted scheduled ferry services.

Co-operative Food, which has 10 stores across the island, commissioned a Hercules aircraft to fly from Manchester to Ronaldsway Airport with around 18 tonnes of food and drink onboard.

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