A yellow warning for snow and ice is in force across a wider area until midnight. Frequent wintry showers, leading to significant snow accumulations, are likely to cause disruption on Thursday, the Met Office said. There could also be gusty winds, which could become blizzards at points, and potentially a few lightning strikes.

Heavy snow and blustery winds are expected to hit parts of the U.S. from Wednesday through to Thursday evening—and in some cases into Friday morning—which, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), could bring up to 24 inches of snow to certain areas.

Get ready for a chance of flakes — the frosty kind. A low-pressure system will swing south of the tri-state area and produce light rain overnight Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for parts of the region.

Schools are closed and traffic has come to a standstill as parts of north-east England are blanketed with snow. Most of the region is under a Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice until 21:00 GMT, with frequent wintry showers and significant snow build-up expected.

The NWS has warned that heavy snowfall and—in some cases—blustery, high winds could “cause hazardous travel conditions.”

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The UK's national weather service, the Met Office, has given yellow snow and ice warnings for Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland, England and Wales. This has led to hundreds of schools across the UK closing, especially in northern Scotland, south-east Wales and Yorkshire in England.