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 14:17, UK
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Some residents in Cornwall are without power due to Storm Goretti, which continues to affect the region.
A local filmed the aftermath of a large tree falling down in Newquay, which experienced gale force winds yesterday.
Welsh ski instructor Steve is “making the most of the Welsh alps”.
He tells our correspondent Dan Whitehead that skiing conditions are “pretty good” in the Brecon Beacons, south Wales, although he wishes there had been a bit more snow.
“Not many people can say that they ski on their doorstep,” he says, adding he only lives five minutes away.
The number of properties without power stands at 52,031, according to National Grid’s latest update, and most of them are in South West England.
But the company also updated the number of properties where power has been restored to 169,380 across South West, the Midlands and South Wales.
Roisin Quinn, field operations director, said:
“Fallen trees, heavy snow and stranded vehicles have made it difficult for our teams to reach some areas to carry out repairs safely.
“If you see any damage to our equipment, such as fallen power lines or poles, please stay well clear and call 105 straight away.
“Engineers are working around the clock to get customers reconnected as quickly and safely as possible. Our teams live and work in the communities we serve, and we’d like to thank these communities for their support and patience.”
Buxton in Derbyshire has seen heavy snowfall overnight.
Sky News is on the ground and came across an abandoned car surrounded by ice.
Take a look here:
Meanwhile, further damage has been spotted in Cornwall.
Here’s a crushed caravan in the Cornwall Council car park at Watergate.
By Dan Whitehead, west of England and Wales correspondent
While the mean weather warnings for snow and rain have now cleared from Wales, there is now a concern about ice.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice, which runs into the weekend, with the concern that the fallen snow could compact and turn into black ice.
And while transport is still disrupted, many families are making the most of the winter weather.
Mum Joe Kinsey brought her two boys, William and George, with sledges to the bottom of Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons:
“It doesn’t happen very often does it? I think they’re loving it. We’re not [a] skiing family, so this is the most we’re going to do!”
Steve Jones brought his skis and snowboard, he’s usually an instructor for school children in the Swiss Alps:
“It’s absolutely fantastic.
“Once or twice a year, that’s about it, but you can’t beat the Welsh Alps when we do get the conditions.”
Congestion on the M1 has cleared after a lorry crash earlier this morning.
As we reported at 7.22, three of four lanes between junction 28, Mansfield, and junction 29, Chesterfield, were shut.
It is understood that there were roughly four miles of congestion as a result.
Our presenter Samantha Washington has spoken to US content creator Nick Alexander, who posted a video online in the snowy conditions saying, “I thrive in complex situations”.
He told Sky News he “made peace” with the conditions in Wolverhampton, adding that “you’ve got to make the best of it”.
“We get Hurricanes [in Miami]… we go outside sometimes in those too,” Alexander said.
He told Washington that there are mixed feelings around, saying the “kids are always going to enjoy it,” and the adults will hate it.
“I see cars sliding by, so they’re a bit annoyed,” he said.
“But a lot of cars didn’t move since last night, so I know a lot of people are inside.”
Watch his full interview here:
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team in Scotland carried out a rescue last night after a skier sustained a lower leg injury above the Coire na Ciste car park.
The team was about to start training when they were called out to the incident.
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.
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