A new 24-hour red weather warning across parts of Scotland has been put in place by the Met Office as flooding chaos strikes the UK
People look out of a window at flood water in Brechin, Scotland, as Storm Babet batters the country. Flood warnings are in place in Scotland, as well as parts of the rest of the UK, resulting in travel disruptions and “danger to life” weather warnings. Heavy winds and rain from Storm Babet sparked chaos across the UK as a plane skidded off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport and people in Suffolk were told not to travel unless “absolutely necessary”.
The airport said it was working to “remove passengers from the aircraft safely”, while West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said there were “no reported injuries or fires”, adding it was assisting with the evacuation of passengers. Almost 30,000 homes were left without power in Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perthshire on Thursday night and into Friday morning, with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks saying services have now been restored to all but a few thousand homes.
Warning that river levels in Brechin could reach five metres higher than normal, having already swelled to unprecedented levels and breached the town’s flood defences early on Friday morning, the council also said schools would remain shut on Friday to “ensure the safety of children, young people, parents, and school staff”.
“The boats are trying to get to them. They can’t get to them because the current is too strong,” she said.Ms Scott said one family contacted her around 5am on Thursday after having to leave their flooded ground floor flat, leaving them trapped in an upstairs hallway and currently unable to be rescued due to the force of the floodwater
West Midlands Fire Service has urged people not to drive through flood water after a car was pushed 30 metres down a fast-flowing river in Northfield, Birmingham. Confirming reports of the second victim of Storm Babet, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 5.05pm on Thursday, 19 October, 2023, police received a report of a one-vehicle crash in which a tree struck a van on the B9127 at Whigstreet near Forfar.“The road remains closed.”
A fallen tree in Brechin. The UK is bracing for heavy wind and rain from Storm Babet, the second named storm of the season This currently offers an initial 5,000 euro and further support up to 20,000 euro based on the scale of damage.
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