Britain is bracing for potentially life-threatening winds, rains and snowfall as a severe storm headed in from the southwest of England during what already has been one of the country’s worst cold snaps in years. The Met Office, Britain’s national meteorological service, issued a rare red weather warning — its highest — for the southwest of England for Thursday evening. It warned of “violent gusts” up to 100 mph (160 kph) for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The storm, which has been named Goretti by French weather service France Meteo, is then expected to traverse through central England, where snowfall of as much as 30 centimeters (12 inches) is expected just a few hours.
