Simon Calder, a travel journalist, says his cycle to King’s Cross this morning was “windy enough”.

If the severe weather continues, there could be disruption to the UK’s “two busiest airports, London Heathrow and London Gatwick”, because they’re so frequently used, Calder tells BBC News.

But meanwhile, it’s “extreme disruption” in Northern Ireland and Scotland with “no public transport whatsoever in Northern Ireland… all Scottish trains cancelled,” he adds.

Calder says from King’s Cross, you cannot travel further than Newcastle and on the west coast mainline you’re advised not to try and travel north of Preston.

Elsewhere, at the airports there are “hundreds of cancellations in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Belfast airports in particular”, he adds.

Calder says he’s counting around 200 cancellations so far.

“Staff are being told stay at home, it’s too dangerous for you to get to work, so I’m afraid it’s going to be very messy for tens of thousands of people,” Calder says.