Good morning. Its march seventh. A Rescue Operation is under way after an avalanche has hit the popular ski resort of tignes in the french alps. Several people are thought to be buried underneath. Initial reports suggest there may be many people missing. Our correspondent has the latest. This is an emerging picture. People are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are beginning to tweet, eyewitnesses are describing the scene as the Avalanche Engulfing skiers and it is thought many people have been caught up thought many people have been caught up in this accident. Rescue workers and sniffer dogs have been deployed but apparently conditions they are or that of pure visibility and what that means is that helicopters have not been able to go up so no Rescue Workers are going up into the skies and as you know, that is a key way in which these sort of accidents are dealt with so clearly some hindrance to the rescue efforts. There was a previous incident last february in tignes. Yes, judging the
many. where it is dry, clear skies with a cold start to the day. 0ver with a cold start to the day. over the next days it will turn milder. also pretty wet. at the moment we have weather fronts moving across producing cloud and rain. dragging in mild airfrom the producing cloud and rain. dragging in mild air from the south west. so a mile start in western areas but cooler in the east. as the rain bumps into cold air in parts of scotland, we will see transient snow. the rain continues through northern ireland, england and wales. a lot cloud with murky conditions, particularly on the coast and hills. through the day, rain advances northwards and eastwards. behind it, we will see it brighten up. some cloud and drizzle but in northern
of stars around, but it does mean where we have had their clear skies by night, it s going to be coldest and it s cold and east this morning. in the west, there a lot going on. a lot of rain around, sicker cloud and also windy conditions and all that moving northwards and eastward through the course of the day. the high pressure which dominated our weather and gave us a fine day yesterday has now moved away and all these fronts are coming our way and as they bump into the cold air across the southern uplands, south highlands, we are seeing transient snow on higher ground but the rain is gathering. some of it is already heavy, adding to the high rainfall totals we ve seen. some parts of the uk have had twice as much rain as we are expecting for the whole month of march. in cambridge, we ve had three times as much. these totals are going to add on to today as more rain pushes northwards and eastwards. behind this rain, it s going to be fairly cloudy, some drizzle around, coastal and hill
into western areas, so temperatures pick up across western areas, but the rain bumps into the cold air, likely to turn into snow over higher ground, another chilly start across eastern scotland and eastern england. tuesday, we re very much dominated by low pressure again, and these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. you can see the white colours indicating transient snow on the leading edge of that rain band as it spreads northwards, generally it s going to be a cloudy, breezy day with outbreaks of rain, drier interludes at times. and temperatures will be lifting, up to 12 degrees in the west, still quite cool across more eastern areas. on wednesday, we usher in some very mild air indeed around this area of low pressure. the yellow and orange starting to push northwards and eastwards. a very mild start to the day on wednesday, a lot of cloud, limited brightness, outbreaks of rain spilling up from the south and the west, moving northwards, some will be quite heavy at times. temp
highs of 7 10 degrees, could be up to 11 degrees in the southwest as cloud and breeze pick up here. as we move through monday night, we start to see this frontal system working into western areas, so temperatures pick up across western areas, but the rain bumps into the cold air, likely to turn into snow over higher ground, another chilly start across eastern scotland and eastern england. tuesday, we re very much dominated by low pressure again, and these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. you can see the white colours indicating transient snow on the leading edge of that rain band as it spreads northwards, generally it s going to be a cloudy, breezy day with outbreaks of rain, drier interludes at times. and temperatures will be lifting, up to 12 degrees in the west, still quite cool across more eastern areas. on wednesday, we usher in some very mild air indeed around this area of low pressure. the yellow and orange starting to push northwards and eastwards. a very mild start t