Many animals enter a dormant state to deal with the cold and lack of food. For example, grizzly bears hibernate in mountain dens ...

Freezing rain is more common in other parts of the world, for example in the USA, where weather systems produce a lot of freezing rain. These are called ice storms and if enough glaze collects on ...

It will fall largely to the east Pennines with 2-5cm for example expected on the North York Moors and Northumberland, and some freezing rain may be mixed in. The warning says ice over the Pennines ...