Overnight snow in Yorkshire, England, left trees leaning over power lines and lamp posts, which were thick with ice.

Cars were buried under a foot of snow, and Northern cities resembled scenes from the Alps due to the surprise winter weather in March.

Will Oliphant, a resident of Sheffield, was awakened in the middle of the night by snow falling off his roof. He recounted: "There was a rumble and a crash, and it sounded like something had broken outside. When I went out, I couldn't believe how deep the snow was. It just hasn't stopped all night. I've lived here for five years, and I've never seen anything like this. I don't know how people will be able to get to work. The cars I did see were driving very slowly."

Trees were left leaning over and power lines and lamp posts were thick with ice after relentless overnight snow in Yorkshire. Cars were left buried under a foot of snow and Northern cities were left looking like scenes from the alps after the surprise winter weather in March. Will Oliphant, who lives in Sheffield, said he was woken in the night by snow slipping off his roof. He said: “There was a rumble and a crash and it sounded like something had broken outside. “When I went out I couldn’t believe how deep the snow was. It just hasn’t stopped all night. “I’ve lived here for five years and I’ve never seen it like this. I don’t know how people will get to work. The cars I did see were taking it very slow.”