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5. Photo credits and captions Photo 1 Vehicles travel eastbound along the M8 motorway near Harthill, in Scotland December 7, 2010. Motorists in Scotland were told to stay at home after hundreds of drivers were stranded overnight after snow and freezing temperatures brought more chaos to travellers in northern Britain. © REUTERS/David Moir courtesy of alertnet.org Photo 2 A sign announces a closed school in south London, December 2, 2010. © REUTERS/Andrew Winning courtesy of alertnet.org Photo 3 A elderly man looks at snow in his back garden in Auchterarder on February 26, 2010. Homes in Scotland were left without power when overnight snow brought down electricity lines and many roads were closed. © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photo 4 Flooding in Bridge, Kent © British Red Cross Important legal note These photographs are fully protected by copyright. Schools and other educational organisations are free to use them for educational use. The licence does not extend beyond this use. This means that anyone wishing to put the images on a website, crop or edit them, or use them in any other way, must first contact the copyright holder and negotiate a licence for the use they require. This resource and other free educational materials are available at redcross.org.uk/education The British Red Cross Society is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SCO37738).