• Sunday night and Monday morning saw widespread snowfall in the UK.
• Britain’s coldest day was -15.7 C. (4 degrees Fahrenheit).

Snow covered London and a sizable portion of the United Kingdom on Monday, closing schools, cancelling flights, and generally causing havoc in a nation dealing with a winter energy crisis.

According to the Met Office, the UK’s official weather office, Britain saw its coldest day of the year early on Monday morning, with lows of minus 15.7 degrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern Scotland.

From Sunday evening, many areas of the nation, including London, were buried in snow as a result of the cold snap. A few regions of the nation received severe weather warnings from the Met Office.

In numerous spots, drivers were asked to refrain from operating their vehicles, and some were compelled to do so. Several schools were shut down. The three airports serving the capital, Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted, have issued delays and flight cancellation advisories.

Despite the inconvenience, Britain’s parks and streets experienced a festive vibe as snow fell two weeks before Christmas.

Southern England experiences comparatively little snowfall compared to northern Britain and continental Europe, and when the cold weather arrives, Britons frequently lament the infrastructure’s lack of readiness.

Concerns have increased this year as a result of rising family expenses and people’s worries about being able to afford to heat their houses.

According to the British Media news agency, National Grid, which oversees a large portion of the UK’s energy supply infrastructure, has told two coal-fueled power plants to start warming up in case the country’s electricity network is threatened by the cold weather.

The company said it was a “contingency” plan, which aimed to “give the public confidence in Monday’s energy supply,” according to PA.

Sunday’s snow dump came after several days of cold and icy weather which had already caused tragedy in Solihull, central England.

West Midlands Police said three boys, aged 8, 10 and 11, have died in hospital after falling into a lake on Sunday afternoon. A fourth boy, aged six, remains in critical condition.

“Searches of the lake are continuing as we seek to establish exactly what happened and if anyone else fell into the water,” police said in a statement on Monday.

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