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LONDON (PA MEDIA/DPA)
More wintry weather is expected to batter the UK as warnings for snow, ice, wind, and rain are in place following Storm Goretti.
On Saturday evening thousands of properties were still without power following the storm, according to the National Grid's website, while National Rail warned disruption to train travel is possible until Monday.
Across the UK, Met Office warnings for wind, rain, snow, and ice remain in force for Sunday.
The Met Office has advised those within regions covered by alerts to prepare for delayed journeys, potentially dangerous driving conditions and to take extra time to help avoid slips and falls on the ice.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said a new weather system is expected to bring milder conditions and rain during a "messy transition" from Storm Goretti.
Speaking on Saturday, he added, "It will bump up into the cold air and turn to snow again, but this time it is coming in with some milder air so it will transition back to rain for some of us as we go through the course of the night and into tomorrow and that again could lead to some problems with ice so we already have warnings out
ahead of that.
"This time the milder air will eventually win the day and it will herald a very different flavour of weather for all of us as we go into next week, but it's going to be a very kind of messy transition."
Sunday is expected to be "wet and windy" in the southern half of the UK, but with gusts "nowhere near as strong as they were for Goretti", he added.
However, some gales may still hit the coastlands, Snell said, adding that this was not uncommon for the time of year.
Next week, the UK will see "unsettled" conditions but will be "saying goodbye to the really cold weather," with temperatures of between 9 degrees Celsius and 11 degrees expected in the south and about 6 to 8 degrees in the north, the forecaster said.
