Looking ahead to tonight, it added: “Unsettled with further snow across the north, and heavy rain spreading eastwards in the south. Turning colder overnight, with snow returning to parts of England and Wales by Monday morning.”

The power cut warning is in effect for much of the country, reaching from Cumbria in the north to Dorset in the southwest.

The combat the threat of power outages, the Met Office has provided guidance on precautions to take and what to do in the event of a power cut.

The guidance states: “If you experience a power cut you should contact the electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) that covers your area.

“It’s your Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) who is responsible for maintaining physical electricity supplies to your home or business.

“DNOs own and operate the distribution network of towers and cables that bring electricity from the national transmission network to homes and businesses.

“They don’t sell electricity to consumers; this is done by the electricity retailers whose name appears on your bill.”

East Midlands

• Derby
• Derbyshire
• Leicester
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Northamptonshire
• Nottingham
• Nottinghamshire
• Rutland

East of England

• Bedford
• Cambridgeshire
• Central Bedfordshire
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Luton
• Norfolk
• Peterborough
• Southend-on-Sea
• Suffolk
• Thurrock

London & South East England

• Bracknell Forest
• Buckinghamshire
• East Sussex
• Greater London
• Hampshire
• Kent
• Medway
• Milton Keynes
• Oxfordshire
• Reading
• Slough
• Surrey
• West Berkshire
• West Sussex
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• Wokingham

North East England

• Darlington
• Durham
• Gateshead
• Hartlepool
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Redcar and Cleveland
• South Tyneside
• Stockton-on-Tees
• Sunderland

North West England

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Cheshire East
• Cheshire West and Chester
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Halton
• Lancashire
• Merseyside
• Warrington

South West England

• Bath and North East Somerset
• Bristol
• Devon
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire
• North Somerset
• Somerset
• South Gloucestershire
• Swindon
• Wiltshire

West Midlands

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Telford and Wrekin
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands Conurbation
• Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Kingston upon Hull
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• North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire
• York

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