Heavy snow early Friday morning is adding troubles to road, rail and air transportation in central and southern Britain where snow-caused chaos are continuing into its fifth day.

A school displays a “closed” sign in Heather, central England February 5, 2009. Heavy snow caused chaos across a swathe of Britain as councils said they were running out of grit to keep roads open and forecasters predicted fresh flurries for southern England during the Friday morning rush hour. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The AA, the 1905-founded automobile association which has automobiles breakdown cover throughout UK, had received more than 3,000 callouts by 0930 GMT on Friday, double its normal workload, and it warned that shortages of road salt had created a “road safety crisis”.

The Army was called in to pick up about 60 people stuck on a highway in the central part of the country with many drivers spending the night in emergency centers.

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