Blizzard disrupts schools, roads and trains in some parts of Britain

Train journeys were cancelled, some schools closed and drivers were stuck for hours on a major motorway as snow and winds hit Britain on Friday for the second time in a week.

The weather system, dubbed "Storm Larissa" by meteorologists, brought winds and blizzards to much of Britain, and meteorologists said the hardest hit region was northern England and northern Wales, where winds of 80 kilometres per hour accompanied by up to 30 cm of snow.

Some drivers spent more than seven hours in their cars after traffic stopped on the M6 2 motorway that runs through northern England.

Video journalist Richard McCarthy said: "I saw a lot of abandoned sports cars, one of the Jaguars left on the road with a shovel stuck in the ground and no driver. There were a lot of trucks losing mobility."