The Guardian: The "Oriental Beast" came to Britain with the cold wave and snowfall. Most parts of the country have been swallowed up by the cold and snowfall, and schools, roads, trains and flights have been affected.
Mark Wilson, forecaster of the Meteorological Bureau, predicted that Britain was facing an "exceptionally cold night", and the temperature in some parts of Scotland might drop to minus 10 degrees.
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There is further heavy snow forecast overnight for the north east and eastern parts of Scotland and isolated showers elsewhere, he added.
He also said that there will be further heavy snow in the northeast and east of Scotland and showers in other areas.
BBC News: "Beast of the East": The great cold wave in Northern Ireland has arrived.
The cold spell, nicknamed "the Beast from the East" in the UK, is carrying freezing winds across the continent, and temperatures as low as -30C.
The icy hail, which is called "the Beast of the East" by Britain, is blowing across the whole European continent wrapped in cold wind, and the temperature is as low as MINUS 30 degrees Celsius.
At least seven people have been reported dead since Monday – five in Poland and two in Romania.
Since Monday, at least seven people have died, including five in Poland and two in Romania.
Britain is experiencing the coldest week since winter. The British Met Office has issued amber warning in some extremely low temperature areas, indicating that these areas may be in danger of property life.
In the South and East of England, Kent, Surrey, Suffolk and Sussex have had 10 cm of snow while Northeast England has seen up to 8 cm. The UK Meteorological Office forecasts that up to 40 cm of snow could fall in Northeast England and Scotland between Wednesday morning and Thursday lunchtime.
The snowfall in Kent, Surrey, Suffolk and Sussex in the east and south of England has reached 10 cm, while the snowfall in the northeast of England has also reached 8 cm. According to the forecast of the British Meteorological Office, the snowfall in the northeast of England and Scotland will reach 40 cm from Wednesday morning to Thursday noon.
Scotland’s Transport Minister Humza Yousaf warned some of these amber warnings could be upgraded to red warnings — meaning “extreme weather is expected”.
Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Transport Minister, warned that the amber warning may be raised to the red warning level, which means that "extreme weather conditions are expected".
The British public health department warned people to be prepared for the significant and prolonged period of winter weather, and advised people not to go out.
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Cold temperatures, indoors and out, pose real health risks to many and every winter we know that thousands of people get ill and even die following exposure to cold conditions.
Indoor and outdoor low temperatures pose health risks to many people. Every year, thousands of people get sick or even die because of exposure to cold climate.
Thomas Waite, of Public Health England’s extreme events team, said young children, those aged over 65, or those with heart or lung conditions should be particularly taken care of during such weather.
Thomas Waite of the emergency response team of the British public health department said that children, people over 65 years old and anyone with heart or lung diseases need special attention in this climate.
Family members, neighbors and friends of the elderly should visit their homes regularly to make sure they have enough food and fuel. It is recommended that the elderly take the following preventive measures:
Keep warm through hot drinks and meals to avoid unnecessary travel;
Make sure you have enough food, fuel and medicine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has appealed to the public to check on at-risk neighbours.
The International Red Cross appealed to the public to check the neighbors who may be affected by the cold current.
“Just knocking on someone"s door to check they have everything they need can make a huge difference," the ICRC"s Europe director, Simon Missiri, said. "It could even be the difference between life and death."
"Just knocking on people’s doors to make sure they have everything they need (to keep out the cold) will bring very different results," said Simon Missiri, the European director of the International Red Cross. "It may even be the difference between life and death."
The sudden cooling has made the British people who have not experienced such a cold wave for a long time panic. In order to follow the official advice and stay at home waiting for the "beast" to leave, most people rushed into the supermarket a few days ago to start "sweeping goods".
Brits cleared supermarket shelves across the UK as a freezing Siberian blast blanketed the country with snow. People rushed to stock up on supplies as the cold snap – dubbed the Beast from the East – saw temperatures plummet below zero.
According to Evening Standard, the British have emptied supermarket shelves all over the country because of the Siberian cold current that swept across the country with snowfall. This cold wave, known as the "Oriental Beast", caused the temperature to drop to zero, and people rushed to (the supermarket) to snap up supplies.
In the mood of urgency and panic, many supermarket shelves were emptied, especially daily necessities such as bread, milk and toilet paper. But the good news is that this situation will not continue.
Waitrose has since told the Standard that the stock shortage was due to the ferry which ships stock to the store being held up due to the poor weather, they said that the problem has since been resolved.
Waitrose told Standard that the shortage of stock was due to the temporary suspension of the ferry carrying its goods due to bad weather, and said that the problem had been solved.
In addition, the polar vortex caused by the abnormal temperature rise in the northernmost part of the earth has also seriously affected the traffic situation in many cities, including London.
Drivers are being warned of hazardous conditions on roads as more heavy snowfall hits parts of the UK on Tuesday.
Drivers were reminded on Tuesday that heavier snowfall in some parts of Britain may bring dangerous road conditions.
Please check the list to ensure your safety before driving in snowy days:
Please clear all the snow from the window and roof first, and take a scraper and deicer with you.
Please check the headlights, brake lights and all indicator lights before you leave. Snowfall will reduce the visibility.
Remember to carry a fully charged mobile phone with you in case of any trouble on the way.
Hundreds of trains and dozens of flights were today cancelled as London’s transport services were thrown into chaos due to Arctic conditions sweeping the southeast.
Hundreds of trains and dozens of flights were cancelled. The bad weather conditions in southeast London, comparable to those in the Arctic Circle, caused the transportation service in London to be completely in chaos.
At the request of the British national railway company’s emergency plan for the cold wave, the London underground has also reduced train services on February 27. Although some routes were restarted that evening, full route service could not be provided for the time being.
Transport for london said he hoped to fully recover on Wednesday, but according to the London train schedule on Wednesday morning local time, several subway routes were still seriously delayed or even partially cancelled.
According to the latest report of Mail Online, the chaos caused by two days of snowfall continues.
On the way to work in the snow: passengers have to face the hellish traffic rush hour. A few centimeters of snow has caused chaos in subways, trains and roads-but worse is yet to come!
Police and fire services have rescued stranded vehicles as roads are shut due to treacherous conditions.
The police and fire brigade have rescued vehicles trapped in bad road traffic conditions.
Disruption to trains reported on c2c, Greater Anglia, ScotRail, Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink.
The railway trains that have been reported out of service include C2C, Da ‘an Geely, Scottish Railway, Southeast Railway, Southbound Railway and Times Link.
Gatwick Express, Stansted Express, South Western Railway, TfL Rail and London Overground also affected.
Gatwick Express, Stansted Express, Southwest Railway, London Underground and Ground Rail are all affected.
However, Britain’s attitude towards this "oriental beast" was mercilessly ridiculed by netizens:
Oh, my God, the British are so stupid. It’s just a snow with a thickness of two or three centimeters … This is nothing!
The weather in Britain is so boring that everyone becomes a weatherman!
The Essex train has been stopped … It’s funny, it hasn’t snowed here at all!
Other countries can easily cope with snowfall at all times, but when it snows in Britain, the whole country is paralyzed.
I can’t believe that Britain can’t even cope with this light snow. It’s already 2018!
To make matters worse, BBC meteorologist Gemma Plumb said that there will be colder weather in the next two days, and the highest temperature in many areas will be below zero (the highest temperature in lots of areas remaining below freezing).