Oxfordshire is set to be hit by wet and windy weather as the the killer blizzard that battered America heads for the UK.

Forecasters have predicted the weather system will hit Britain on Tuesday morning, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds.

The west of the country will bear the brunt of the storm, with Oxfordshire avoiding the worst of the conditions but likely to see rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and winds of up to 30mph.

A spokesman for the Met Office said the system was the "remnants" of Storm Jonas, which has battered the US East Coast killing 18 people.

It has issued a severe weather warning covering most of Wales, north-west England and west Scotland but added the warning could be extended to south-west and south-east England.