The Met Office has issued another red weather warning for parts of the UK today as Storm Babet continues to cause havoc.
There are a number of weather warnings covering the UK today, including a red weather warning covering the northeast of
Major incidents were declared in parts of the UK after three people were killed as Storm Babet continues to batter the UK with high winds, torrential rain and severe flooding.Suffolk and Derbyshire county councils declared major incidents, and a man died in fast-flowing floodwater in Shropshire. Incredibly normal scenes here in the northeast of England as Storm Babet knocks the top off the South Shields lighthouse, which has been weathering storms since 1895.It was the storm’s first death in England after a van driver was killed by a falling tree near Forfar,The storm also forced a passenger plane to skid off a runway at Leeds Bradford Airport. No one was injured.
The chief meteorologist for the Met Office, Jason Kelly, said: “100–150mm of rain is expected to fall quite widely within the warning period, with some locations likely to see 200–250mm, which is expected to cause considerable impacts with flooding likely.will track gradually northwards in the coming days, and although the most significant impacts are expected within the red and amber warning areas, there will still be wider impacts for much of the UK from this wind and rain.
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