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Workers have been warned to expect travel chaos, power cuts and mobile phone problems.

Temperatures will plummet to a frigid -10C (14F) in parts of the UK along with 70mph gales and torrential downpours.

The Met Office has taken the unexpected step of issuing a three-day severe weather warning for ice and up to four inches of snow in Scotland.

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There will also be a separate level 2 "alert and readiness" health warning until Thursday.

A Met Office severe weather warning for ice and snow across Scotland is also in place.

Northern England and Scotland will be battered by rain storms tomorrow, with over two inches in places.

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Scotland is expected to be hit with enormous storms overnight with freezing air from Iceland.

And there's more bad news for Brits with Arctic weather conditions expected to last until the end of January.

The Met Office is predicting temperatures to stay below 10C for the whole of next week.

Met Office forecaster Alex Burkill said: "A spell of wet and windy weather is pushing into the northwest on Sunday night and we could see gusts of 70moh in exposed spots.

"This will move southwards into Monday bringing a wet and windy day across the UK and also bringing a change in wind direction allowing Polar maritime air to come in.

"This is a deep area of low pressure which originated from Iceland and will bring strong winds across the UK on Monday, it will feel much colder in the winds."

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Chief forecaster for the Met Office Dan Suri warned that there may be public transport cancellations.

"There is a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected," he said.

Parts of the UK will hit -10C overnight this week, colder than Moscow at -5C.

Bookmaker Coral has slashed the odds on this winter turning out to be the coldest on record from 4-1 to 2-1.

Spokesman John Hill said: "The odds suggest the Scottish and northern cities in England look certain to see snow over the next couple of days, while it would not be a huge surprise if the white stuff was to fall in London."

Find out how you'll be affected by the January cold snap here.