Schools and roads closed following heavy snowfall overnight

Hundreds of schools and a number of roads have closed in Wales following heavy snowfall overnight.

The Met Office says the worst of the snow has passed, but a yellow warning for snow and ice remains until Friday afternoon.

Cardiff Airport has warned passengers to check live flight information following a number of delays and two cancellations, including the 09:30 service to Paris.

Further disruption at Bristol Airport has left queues of rugby fans facing a race against time to get to Paris ahead of Friday evening's Six Nations opener.

School closures:

• Powys: 16 schools closed

• Bridgend: 46 schools closed

• Cardiff: 59 schools closed

• Neath Port Talbot: 12 schools closed

• Merthyr: 28 schools closed

• Rhondda Cynon Taf: 102 schools closed

• Blaenau Gwent: 28 schools closed

• Carmarthenshire: 22 schools closed

Travel disruptions:

Poor conditions have caused dangerous driving conditions across the country. The A470 between Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil and the A4059 between Storey Arms to Hirwaun Roads in particular, have been affected.

This is what the A470 looked like this morning following snowfall overnight - commuters are being warned to expect travel delays as well as the potential for vehicles and passengers to become stranded.

The Maerdy and Rhigos routes have been closed as well as the Bwlch mountain road.

Stagecoach Wales said bus services in Caerphilly were not running as temperatures continue to drop.

The Met Office say delays and cancellations to rail travel are likely and rural communities could become cut off. Power supplies could also be affected.

Earlier this week temperatures dropped to their lowest in the UK so far this winter, with people across the country experiencing a freezing night.

The amber warning was in place for for Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan.

School children across the affected areas were sent home from school early, with transport arranged from 1:30pm on Thursday in expectation of heavy snow.

Councils across the country are taking precautionary measures with extra meals on wheels deliveries, as well as gritting services throughout Thursday into Friday.

One Caerphilly Council gritter overturned as it gritted a stretch of road for the fourth time in just 24 hours in the village of Senghenydd. Nobody was hurt in the slip.

Emergency services warned they will be experiencing increased levels of calls in the adverse weather conditions. Dyfed Powys Police urged people to think before calling emergency numbers.

The Welsh Ambulance Service said their response would be impacted by delays caused by the weather conditions.