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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Emergency services assist in the evacuation of people from their homes in Brechin, amid floods during Storm Babet in Scotland October 20, 2023. — Reuters pic
EDINBURGH, Oct 20 — Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland Friday as Storm Babet moved east, prompting the cancellation of flights and ferries in Scandinavia.
The UK’s Met Office issued a rare red severe weather warning for parts of eastern Scotland with “exceptional rainfall” of up to 22 centimetres forecast for today and tomorrow.
Police said the body of a 57-year-old woman had been recovered after she was swept into a river in the county of Angus yesterday afternoon.
A second person also died in Angus yesterday evening after a falling tree hit the van the 56-year-old was driving.
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Officials in the southern Irish county of Cork, where hundreds of homes and businesses were flooded earlier in the week, described the deluge there as the worst in at least 30 years.
A community hospital for the elderly had to be evacuated in the town of Midleton, Cork, where the main street was up to four feet under water.
As the storm hit Scotland into today, Scottish leader Humza Yousaf warned that he could not “stress how dangerous” conditions were, in particular in the north-eastern town of Brechin.
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Emergency services were battling to reach trapped residents but being hampered by strong currents and flooding of up to six feet (nearly two metres).
“It’s just absolutely horrendous. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said local councillor Jill Scott, adding that hundreds of homes had been flooded.
“People are trapped... Some have been stuck there for hours.
“The boats are trying to get to them (but) they can’t get to them because the current is too strong.”
Waves crash against Seaham lighthouse during Storm Babet in Seaham October 20, 2023. — Reuters pic
Storm heads east
Scandinavian countries were braced for the storm’s arrival Friday, with the strongest winds expected overnight into tomorrow.
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and Denmark’s meteorological agency DMI have issued warnings over heavy rains, elevated water levels and gale-force winds with gusts reaching storm force.
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark said on social media that 77 flights to and from the hub had been cancelled.
Several ferry operators also suspended services between Denmark and Germany, as well as routes between Sweden and Germany and Sweden and Poland.
In Scotland, fire crews and the coastguard began evacuating residents in Angus yesterday, knocking on doors and urging people to leave.
“Over 350 homes across Angus were contacted yesterday (Thursday) and advised to evacuate,” a spokesman for Angus council said.
“Brechin, and increasingly other parts of Angus, are now only accessible via boat,” he added.
Train services meanwhile were severely disrupted as far south as central England due to heavy rainfall and high winds.
Some routes in northwest England and north Wales were completely closed due to flooding, rail officials said.
The Met Office has issued a string of less severe yellow and amber warnings indicating adverse weather conditions including flooding, heavy rain and high winds for other parts of central and northern England. — AFP
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