Nearly every part of the country has been issued one or several yellow weather warning by the Met Office for between Monday and Thursday, where conditions will be severe. The forecast spells a turbulent New Years’ Eve for many as the bad weather is set to travel southwards across the country between December 31 and January 1.

The weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for New Year's Day covering huge parts of England from Plymouth to Stoke-on-Trent with warnings of power cuts

On New Year’s Eve, an amber rain warning is in force in the Highlands and Moray until 5pm and a yellow warning for snow and rain covers most of Scotland until midnight, which “may bring significant disruption in the build up to new year”. A landslide and flooding have closed roads and rail lines in the Highlands.