Weather warning as NI braced for sleet and snow with ice to follow

Exposed hilltop areas are expected to be the worse affected with gusts in excess of 60mph predicted.

Met Office forecasters say there could be snow in some areas but sleet and rain will be more widespread.

Around 30mm or rain is expected to fall in a six-hour period, leading to the potential for flooding.

As temperatures drop overnight on Sunday, ice is likely to be a problem on many roads.

The Met Office snow and ice warning remains in place until 10am on Monday 28.

While Northern Ireland has escaped the worst of Storm Bella, many areas of the UK were battered by 100mph winds overnight, including north Wales and the south coast of England.

There was widespread snowfall across Scotland.

Fire crews in north Yorkshire rescued a number of people from vehicles stranded in floodwater overnight.

In Aysgarth, a man and a woman were also rescued by boat from the roof of their car at 2.40am after they drove into deep floodwater.

And firefighters walked a woman to safety through shallow water in Wensley at 3.35am after a minor collision while driving through floods.

The disruption continued into Sunday morning when flooding on the tracks caused cancellations and delays.

All trains between Bournemouth and Southampton Central were stopped due to water on the line, Great Western Railway said, and one of the major lines into London was also blocked when a tree fell on to the tracks in Haslemere, Surrey.

Two severe flood warnings indicating a potential threat to life are still in place at Cogenhoe Mill caravan site near Northampton and on the River Nene near Billing Aquadrome on Sunday morning.