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Villages could be cut off as snow and ice warning issued

Paul PigottBBC Wales
News imageMet office A met office weather warning map shows all of inland wales covered in a yellow area labeled yellow ice and another yellow area labeled yellow snow. the places shown are Swansea St Davids Pwllheli Bangor and St AsaphMet office
Two yellow warnings for ice and for snow cover most inland parts of Wales

Forecasters have warned of travel disruption, power cuts and a chance of rural villages becoming cut off with snow and ice coming to large parts of Wales.

A yellow warning affects 18 counties, with snow expected from 16:00 GMT on Wednesday until 06:00 on Thursday.

A yellow warning for ice in the same area is in effect from 21:00 on Wednesday until 10:00 the following day.

Travellers can expect a "small chance" of delays on roads due stranded vehicles and with train and flight schedules, the forecaster said.

News imageGraphic of weather warnings

"There is a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off," the Met Office said in its latest warning.

There is also a small chance of cuts to power and mobile service, it added, with strong winds forecast.

People living in higher ground in mid and southeast Wales could see up to 20cm (8in) of snow.

The counties affected by the yellow warnings include Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and Wrexham.

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