Several stretches of road were blocked around the county adding to the chaos and some schools decided to close early but pupils experienced difficulties getting home because of the gridlocked roads.

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Traffic was at a standstill in Malvern, Worcestershire, because of jack-knifed lorries, and there was also chaos on the Ombersley to Kidderminster road.

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The new money being spent on the road by the Welsh government will prioritise drainage works, in a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos caused by November's deluges.

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Government transport minister Sadiq Khan has insisted that "everything possible" was being done to keep the country's road network moving, after the government was accused of failing to learn from last February's snow chaos.

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