AS Storm Arwen bears down on Teignbridge the Met Office has upgraded its weather alert to Amber and warned snow could be on the way elsewhere in the South West.

The Amber Warning of wind covers from Midnight tonight to 9am tomorrow (Saturday).

A Met Offic Spokesperson warned: ‘An area of rain will move southwards across central, southern and southeast England on Saturday morning.

‘Whilst this is expected to be mostly of rain there is a chance that this will turn to snow in places, even to low levels.

‘There is a chance of 2-5 cm of snow falling in some locations and perhaps up to 8 cm over some of the higher ground above 150-200 m. Were this to occur some disruption is likely but this would be short lived with any snow melting during the morning.

‘The most likely outcome is that most places will see rain with only a little sleet or snow in the heaviest bursts.’