THOUSANDS of homes are powered as snow spreads across the country.
Falling temperatures and snowfall situations have power cuts in southeast and east England, according to blackout maps.
UK Power Networks’ online page suggests that around 37,500 consumers have been affected; The actual number nationwide is estimated at around 40,000, as there are many other power grids.
West Sussex is the hardest hit area, according to UK Power Networks, with 37,781 energy consumers.
Electricity is also affecting Greater London with 478 consumers affected.
There are also in East Sussex, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Hertfordshire.
A live map from National Grid indicates that citizens of Exeter, Gloucester, Birmingham and Peterborough may also be affected.
Parts of Cumbria are down, according to Electricity North West, and a small part of Bournemouth is experiencing “unplanned” outages, according to Scottish.
The outages come amid several orange and yellow alerts for snow and ice.
They warn of “strong winds bringing snowfall conditions” and even inches of snow in the region stretching from Stoke-on-Trent to Durham.
A separate orange alert covers Wales and the West Midlands and reports a “significant disturbance”.
A yellow warning for snow and ice covers northern Scotland until 10 a. m. m. on Thursday, as well as the central and southern regions of England and Wales from 7 a. m. m.
Another yellow warning for snow and ice covers north-east England and south-east Scotland from 5pm. M. Wednesday until 7 a. m. on Thursday.
A fourth yellow snow warning covers the UK north of Birmingham, from 7am. M. Thursday until 2 p. m. on Friday.
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