Weather still causing commuter chaos

COMMUTERS had a miserable return to work today as bad weather continued to cause havoc to road travel.

A number of major road routes were affected by flooding or by fallen trees, while one lane was closed on the M48 Severn Bridge due to strong winds and a section of the M77 in Glasgow was closed because of flooding.

A landslip at Hawick on the Scottish Borders led to hold-ups on the A7, while a section of the A36 in Hampshire was closed due to a fallen tree and fallen power cables.

A fallen tree was also the cause of the closing of a section of the A35 in Dorset, while another fallen tree led to the partial blocking of the A465 in Monmouthshire, South Wales.

The A475 Ceredigion in mid-Wales, the A487 in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and the A3059 in Cornwall were all blocked because of fallen trees.

Among many roads affected by flooding were the A71 in East Ayrshire in Scotland, the A1101 in Norfolk, the A39 in Cornwall and the A48 in Gloucestershire.

There were speed restrictions on the A38 Tamar Bridge in Devon due to strong winds.

By Press Association reporter