Storm-hit UK faces six inches of snow in just 24 hours today
KILLER Storm Ciara is set to hit battered Britain with up to six inches of snow and treacherous ice today.
Householders were deluged by dirty floodwater as swollen rivers burst their banks after up to 8in of rain fell in a day, while howling winds crippled much of the transport network. Forecasters have warned of treacherous ice after a 77-year-old man sustained a fatal head injury after slipping and falling on ice at Clydebank, West Dumbartonshire.Large swathes of the UK are set to be blasted by icy conditionsStorm Ciara's carnage isn't over yetCredit: Euan CherryThe UK will be batter by a fresh swathe of wild windsAnd 58-year-old man was also killed after a massive tree toppled on to his Mercedes on the A33 at Micheldever, Hants.
Up to 260 homes were flooded in Yorkshire, 150 in Gtr Manchester, 100 in Lancashire and 40 in Cumbria. The figure is set to rise.Paul Fazackerley, 37, of Mytholmroyd, West Yorks, rescued daughter Edie, five, as a chest-hight torrent burst into his home when flood defences on the Calder failed.I wasn’t scared. I didn’t have time to be scared. I just had to get Edie out.”
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