The match at St George's was reduced to 25 overs-per-side due to heavy overnight rain.
But overnight rain left large patches of ice on the course, making it too dangerous.
In Looe, Cornwall, torrential overnight rain caused the partial collapse of a house, converted into flats.
Europe had delayed their second practice after heavy overnight rain was followed by further downpours on Wednesday.
After the morning session had been lost because of overnight rain Chaminda Vaas dismissed Narsingh Deonarine for seven and Dwayne Smith for a duck, both lbw.
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Play began at 1355 BST after torrential overnight rain to take the total number of overs lost to the weather in the first two days to 75.
Overnight rain from Oklahoma to Michigan led the National Weather Service to heighten the forecast crest of some stretches of rivers while blunting the retreat of other waterways.
After heavy overnight rain caused a delayed start it looked a good toss for Durham captain Will Smith to win and so it proved as Onions removed Michael Carberry with the sixth ball of the game.
Fire crews were called to flooding incidents and to rescue a motorist after heavy rain overnight.
Snow has stopped falling across most of Wales and outbreaks of rain overnight are set to move in.
Weather forecasters say Wednesday should be much drier, though there could be heavy showers at times, with rain returning overnight into Thursday.
Wind gusts are expected to reach 50 mph overnight, with snow and rain forecast.
Rain would continue overnight, becoming heavy for a time before it cleared eastwards.
But the respite may only be temporary with forecasters predicting temperatures as low as -8C overnight and snow and heavy rain on Friday.
The Environment Agency said 30mm of rain had fallen overnight in North Yorkshire, which, coupled with thawing snow, had caused river levels to rise.
There had been over two inches of rain in Leeds overnight and overcast skies gave even greater incentive for the bowlers, but Australia captain Ricky Ponting opted to bat first.
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for the West Midlands and said sleet and snow will spread across the area throughout the afternoon with heavy rain expected to follow overnight.
At 77-0 overnight, the tourists only needed 43 more to win but rain held them up for seven hours on day four.
There is heavy rain again in Dublin on Tuesday after a brief lull overnight.
Water levels are expected to remain high after more rain fell in Wales - the source of the river - overnight into Tuesday.
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