Britons are facing significant travel disruption on planes, trains and roads as Storm Goretti wreaks havoc across the country. Tens of thousands of homes are without power. Follow the latest.
Friday 9 January 2026 12:20, UK
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Birmingham residents woke up to a blanket of snow after Storm Goretti hit the UK’s second-largest city.
Watch as snow covered the streets of Birmingham:
Surviving -52C temperatures by heating a chainsaw with an open flame is not a situation familiar to many Britons.
But Arctic ranger Josh Spice has found himself at the mouth of a barrel stove desperately trying to heat the saw’s frozen blades to cut down enough trees to make it through the night in northern Alaska.
Patrolling at the gates of the Arctic National Park, where it snows at least eight months of the year and daylight dwindles to six hours a day in winter, Mr Spice is well-placed to offer some unique tips on how to cope with the cold.
Read the full story at the link below.
As Storm Goretti swept the country, pilots contended with fierce winds as they came in to land at Heathrow Airport today.
The plane can be seen swaying in the air before making the landing.
Watch as pilots battle strong gusts:
Truro Cathedral has been damaged by Storm Goretti, with the roof in its Chapter House being “severely affected”.
The cathedral was one of the first “new” Anglican cathedrals to be built in Britain, according to the National Churches Trust.
Construction began in 1880 on the site of the 16th-century parish church.
We’ve got an update from Heathrow Airport with at least 69 flights coming in and out having been cancelled.
It is likely to have disrupted more than 9,000 passengers.
We reported at 7.39 that British Airways cancelled 25 departures and 27 arrivals from Heathrow today.
While Storm Goretti hits the UK, other parts of Europe are also battling the conditions, with hundreds of thousands of homes in France without power.
Roughly 380,000 households have no heating, largely in the Normandy region and in Brittany, Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins reports.
She adds that wind gusts of more than 93mph were registered in northwestern France, with a record 132mph in Barfleur.
It has seen SNCF rail operator suspend train services between Paris and the Normandy region.
Some residents in Cornwall are without power due to Storm Goretti, which continues to affect the region.
Local councillor James Mustoe tells presenter Samantha Washington that it’s been “an unprecedented storm”.
“I’ve never known the like of it… it’s still pretty bad here,” he adds.
Mustoe was standing outside, telling Washington that “I’ve just had to step out of my house because we’ve had a power cut for about an hour”.
“It’s been quite a challenge overnight,” he adds
Watch his full remarks here:
Storm Goretti is sweeping through the UK today with multiple weather warnings still in place, while the Met Office has also issued fresh warnings for tomorrow and Sunday.
You can track Storm Goretti as it continues to hit the UK:
The Met Office has issued three yellow warnings for tomorrow in parts of the UK.
Here’s a rundown of the new warnings:
Train passengers in the West Midlands have been told “not to travel” this morning.
Passengers are facing delays and cancellations throughout the region.
Take a look at the extent of snowfall at Old Hill Station in Sandwell:
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