It comes after days of heavy rain.
Flooding in Sandiacre, Derbyshire after the heavy rain over the weekend A woman in her 80s has been found dead at a home in Chesterfield and her death is believed to be related to flooding, police have said. It brings the total number of people believed to have died due to the serious weather to seven. Read the latest on our Storm Babet blog The weather warnings ended earlier today however the aftermath of Storm Babet is expected to be felt in the coming days and weeks.
‘Officers, along with colleagues from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and from East Midlands Ambulance Service, arrived at the property and found a woman, aged in her 80s, inside the flat. ‘Investigations are continuing into the cause and circumstances surrounding her death.’ On Friday, a man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing floodwater in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire.
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