that you, brian platt and kansas city- — way. that you, brian platt and kansas city- -- _ way. it is not much better on this side. we have had some appalling weather conditions in the uk over the weekend with heavy snow or icy rain falling across much of the country. it is not much better on this side. we have had some appalling weather conditions in the uk three yellow weather warnings for snow and but for other areas where the weather has turned a little milder, the problem now is flooding — hundreds of schools closed today, and some road, rail and air travel disrupted. there have been 160 flood alerts, with a major incident declared across rutland and leicestershire. i'm joined by the bbc�*s lead weather presenter matt taylor. take us through in the beginning generally, all in the beginning of your picture, this is my naivety, a big blue bar in the picture off to the west. talking to brian and kansas city, are there connections between these weather systems, does their cold weather affect us? in does their cold weather affect us? , :, . , , does their cold weather affect us?

christian: brian platt, well done, you. we need some of the blue. brian platt the city.er on this side. we had appalling weather conditions with heavy snow and rain falling across the country, yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in place. look at this. we have problems now with flooding. hundreds of schools closed today, road, rail, and air travel disrupted. 160 flight alerts with a major incident in place in leicestershire. matt taylor from the bbc weather center is with me in the studio to take us through what we can expect tonight. matt: yes, not too great where you are at the moment. lots of water around. the main thing tonight in the u.k. is the risk of ice, particularly red weather warnings in place, some yellow warnings with some impacts. the yellow weather warnings are isolated, of course, across the u.k., you can see ice in the morning. take it into tomorrow morning, not quite as much over the weekend. christian: any more severe weather expected this week? matt: i did not expect to see anything as bad as what we did see. this area of low pressure, you've go

for city manager brian platt, battling the snowstorm starts 48 hours before the first flurry. >> we'veetreating our roads for two days before the storm, means that we really shouldn't get to a moment where the roads are impassable. >> reporter: his 300 plows will clear roughly 6,400 lane miles, or equivalent to driving between new york and los angeles more than twice. >> every single plow has a tablet with a gps mapping system. >> reporter: inside snow command, a team monitors their progress. >> you can also see who's driving, how fast they're driving, kind of where they are in their route and things of that nature. >> reporter: while the technology keeps the trucks on track, the star is the salt itself. >> this is our secret weapon. this is a product called ice ban. it's magnesium chloride. >> reporter: how does this salt work on the roads? >> it actually will bind to the snow particles and melt them. that liquid is then much easier to remove from the street. >> reporter: he calls it a secret weapon. you sound pretty confident. >> we've never been more prepared as a city. we are absol