A fourth particular person has died in Britain throughout a storm that pounded the U.Okay. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain
ByThe Related Press
October 22, 2023, 7:12 AM
Part of a steep financial institution on the Baltic Sea is damaged off throughout heavy storms the evening earlier than in Sierksdorf, northern Germany, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Picture/Michael Probst)
The Related Press
LONDON — Police stated Sunday {that a} fourth particular person has died in Britain throughout a storm that pounded the U.Okay. and northern Europe with gale-force winds and torrential rain.
Derbyshire Police stated a girl in her 80s was discovered {dead} at a house in Chesterfield, central England. Her loss of life was being linked to flooding within the space.
In close by Derby, the River Derwent reached its highest-ever recorded degree on Saturday throughout a storm that introduced 8 inches (200 mm) of rain to components of Britain.
Since Thursday, no less than 5 folks have died within the storm — named Babet by the U.Okay. Meteorological Workplace — that battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia with highly effective winds, heavy rain and sea surges.
In Britain, a person and a girl have been killed after being swept away by floodwaters, and one other man died when a tree fell on his automobile. In Germany, a 33-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell on her automobile on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn on Friday.
A search was persevering with for a person reported trapped in a automobile in floodwater in Scotland.
A few of the worst flooding was in japanese Scotland, the place greater than 300 houses have been evacuated within the city of Brechin and residents informed to go away earlier than the River South Esk breached its banks Friday, surging virtually 4 meters (13 ft) above its regular degree and sending water pouring into the streets.
Coast guard helicopters lifted greater than half the workers off a North Sea oil platform virtually 150 miles (240 kilometers) east of Scotland, after 4 of its eight anchors got here unfastened throughout the storm on Saturday. Operator Stena Drilling stated the Stena Spey platform was steady.
The climate calmed Sunday however flooding continued to trigger disruption to highway and rail journey throughout a big swath of central and northern Britain. The Atmosphere Company issued greater than 200 flood warnings for components of England and stated main rivers may stay flooded till Tuesday.
