Storm Goretti claims first victim - as Met Office warns of new freezing fog risk

Two large trees have fallen on a house in Truro (Picture: William Dax/SWNS) Most of the UK remains under snow and ice warnings and tens of thousands still have no power after Storm Goretti. A man has been found dead after a tree fell on to a caravan in the Mawgan area of Helston on Thursday evening during Storm Goretti. Devon and Cornwall Police said ‘tragically, a man aged in his 50s was located deceased within the caravan’. Cornwall bore the brunt of the extreme weather and was the only place in the UK under a rare ‘red’ weather warning, with all trains suspended yesterday and more than 40,000 homes left with no power. Trees damaged in Falmouth, Cornwall (Picture: Danielle Hutchinson/PA Wire) Yellow warnings for snow and ice continue until Sunday and rail disruption may be seen through the weekend across England, Wales and Scotland, National Rail said. A separate yellow warning for ice covers large parts of England and Wales until midday on Saturday as partially thawed snow refreezes, accompanied by wintry showers and freezing fog. The Met Office warning says: ‘Partially thawed snow during Friday will likely freeze overnight as temperatures fall below freezing, leading to a widespread ice risk. ‘In addition, wintry showers will continue to feed into parts of Wales and southwest England at times, perhaps also into the West Midlands. ‘Whilst there is some uncertainty as to the extent of any precipitation, this falling onto frozen surfaces may also add to the risk of ice. ‘Freezing fog patches are also likely in places, posing an additional ice hazard.’ The Fforest Inn at Llanfihangel-nant-Melan in Powys gets blasted by Storm Goretti overnight (Picture: Graham M. Lawrence/LNP) Vehicles drive on the A9 road past a matrix warning sign (Picture: Reuters) A highway maintence vehicle drives on the A9 road (Picture: Reuters) Storm Goretti brought blizzard like conditions to the Midlands (Picture: Alamy Live News) Two large trees fell on a house in Truro (Picture: William Dax/SWNS) Downing Street said support was being offered to homes left without power. About 28,000 properties were without power in the South West at 6am on Saturday, according to the National Grid’s website, along with close to 1,700 in the West Midlands and about 150 in the East Midlands, while all power has been restored in Wales. Forecasters warned that the combination of melting snow and rain will increase the flood risk for some in the coming days. They recorded 15cm of snow at Lake Vyrnwy in Powys and 7cm at Preston Montford in Shropshire and Nottingham. In Scotland, there was 27cm at Altnaharra in Sutherland, 26cm at Loch Glascarnoch and 22cm at Durris in Kincardineshire. The highest rainfall total was recorded in Cornwall, with 61.8mm at Colliford Dam, followed by 57mm at Ddolwen Bridge, Dyfed, and 54mm at White Barrow in Devon. Map showing the Met Office weather warnings in place today (Picture: Metro) Warnings are also in place tomorrow (Picture: Metro) In Northern Ireland, a yellow warning for snow and ice will run until 11am on Saturday, with the Met Office warning of icy patches and some hill snow. A yellow warning for snow and ice will be in force for much of Scotland, the East and West Midlands, north-east and north-west England and Yorkshire from 2am until 3pm on Sunday. A further 2-5cm of snow is likely in the warning area, with 10-20cm possible above 200 metres. Dan Stroud, Met Office meteorologist, said the weather over the weekend will remain ‘unsettled and cold’. He said: ‘Wintry showers will continue to affect some coastal areas on Saturday, although these will increasingly become confined to northern and eastern parts as the day progresses. ‘Elsewhere, after a cold and frosty start, it should be a mostly dry day with variable amounts of cloud. It will be a widely cold day, with frost lingering across parts of the country. ‘Sunday will start dry in the east, but cloud and rain already present in the west will move steadily eastwards. ‘The rain will fall as snow inland across the north Midlands and areas further north. However, temperatures will rise through the day, meaning the snow will become increasingly confined to higher ground by the afternoon. ‘It will be windy for all, with coastal gales and the potential for severe gales in the north west later in the day. ‘The unsettled but increasingly milder theme continues into next week, with persistent rain at times in northern and western areas, along with strong to gale force winds. However, it will feel much milder than recently, with temperatures returning to near-normal values.’ Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page.