Britain Prepares for Snow as Forecasters Predict Arctic Winter

Snow covers the hills and fields surrounding the village of Hayfield in northern England, on February 28, 2017. Forecasters are predicting a similar cold snap for the end of 2017 too. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Britain’s government has issued the first cold weather health warning of the winter season, with freezing weather forecast for much of the country.

Over the next two days temperatures are expected to dip as low as -6°C (21.2°F) in the north of the UK, with the rest the country freezing or below.