Red alert: severe snow and ice warnings

Advice on behaviour from 6am on Wednesday morning

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Alerts

  • Stay at home if possible;
  • Make only essential journeys;
  • Listen to local radio stations if you have to travel;
  • Inform family and friends of your departure and destination;
  • Make sure you have a minimum of equipment in case you have to wait in your vehicle on the road (chains, shovel, blankets, food, etc.);
  • Pay close attention to detours and traffic regulations;
  • Protect yourself from falling;
  • Remove snow and salt from the pavements in front of your house and avoid blocking drainage holes;
  • Make it easier for road and motorway clearance vehicles and emergency services to get through, especially by parking your vehicle off the road.

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