A cold snap blankets much of the UK in snow on Friday, disrupting transport, closing schools and even causing a World Cup qualifier match to be cancelled.<br/> <br />Power went out for tens of thousands of householders in Britain and 44,000 in Northern Ireland on Saturday.<br/> <br />Conditions are expected to get much worse.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) RICHARD GATLING, A TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND SAYS:<br/> <br />"We're getting this, potentially two, three, maybe even four days of snow that we've got. If that's the case, it's going to get more severe up here and considerably worse."<br/> <br />At the same time, heavy rain flooded parts of the southwest of England.<br/> <br />This house partially collapsed after a landslip, leaving one dead.<br/> <br />This prolonged cold snap has brought up gas rationing for debate, as demand and disruption push the energy grid to its limit.
