TRAFFIC is disrupted and schools have shut as the area is hit by a blanket of snow.
And the forecast is for the snow to keep falling for hours, mainly light now but getting heavy again nearer lunchtime.
Traffic has slowed to a crawl on most roads and there are delays along the M5 because of shunts caused by the difficult driving conditions.
Many parents are facing having to unexpectedly look after their children as schools suddenly shut.
In some cases schools tried to stay open, parents took their children in but were then told the school had to close and they needed to turn around and pick their children up again.
Black Country schools closed today include:
The Wordsley School, Wordsley
Quinton Church Primary School in Quinton
The Brier School, Kingswinford
Temple Meadow Primary School in Cradley Heath
The Brierley Hill art and design campus of BMet/Stourbridge College
Wollescote Primary School, Wollescote
Cotwall End Primary School, Sedgley
Dudley Wood Primary School, Dudley Wood
Halesowen CE Primary School, Halesowen
Kates Hill Primary School, Dudley
Netherbrook Primary School, Dudley
Sledmere Primary School, Dudley
Brook Primary School, Wordsley
Belle Vue Primary School, Wordsley
Brierley Hill Primary School, Brierley Hill
Caslon Primary School, Halesowen
Cradley CE Primary School, Cradley
Dawley Brook Primary School, Kingswinford
Ellowes Hall Sport College, Lower Gornal
Ham Dingle Primary School, Stourbridge
Hillcrest School and Community College, Netherton
Hob Green Primary School, Pedmore
Leasowes High School, Halesowen
Manor Way Primary School, Halesowen
Milking Bank Primary School, Dudley
Mount Pleasant Primary School, Quarry Bank
Netherton CE Primary School, Netherton
Newfield Park Primary School, Halesowen
Northfield Road Primary School, Netherton
Pedmore Technology College, Pedmore
Ridgewood High School, Wollaston
St Mary's CE Primary School, Kingswinford
Straits Primary School, Lower Gornal
Sycamore Short Stay School, Dudley
Tenterfields Primary School, Halesowen
The High Arcal School, Sedgley
The Kingswinford School, Kingswinford
The Old Park School, Brierley Hill
The Ridge Primary School, Stourbridge
The Sutton School, Dudley
Thorns Community College, Quarry Bank
Withymoor Primary School, Brierley Hill
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