Axbridge on Friday, March 2, 2018

It may have officially been the first day of Spring but on Thursday March 1st, 2018, snow began to fall in Axbridge in the afternoon. The weather had been icy cold for days and the forecast had predicted Storm Emma would bring warmer but snowy weather as it moved up from the south. Across Devon, Somerset and much of England and South Wales it met the so-called Beast from the East – a cold front streaming in from Russia – and it created a blizzard as a wind of over 40mph turned Somerset into a Siberian landscape. Parts of Cheddar Reservoir froze, there were power cuts and the M5 and A38 were all but closed for several hours. But for many it meant a day off work or school.

A video of the snow in the town can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZg26Mu-3j0

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