A red weather warning came on Wednesday afternoon as the storm threatens 70mph winds and one month's worth of rain to the UK's worst affected regions.
A rare "danger to life" warning is in place as Storm Babet approaches the UK after leaving Irish townscame on Wednesday afternoon as the storm threatens 70mph winds and one month's worth of rain to the UK's worst affected regions.
Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “We could see 200 to 250 millimetres of rain falling within a day, which is well over a month’s worth of rainfall for eastern parts of Scotland." The army and civil defence units helped evacuate people in the town of Midleton, where more than 100 properties were flooded.
“The scenes of devastation in Midleton an ominous sign of what is ahead of us as a nation if we don’t double down on
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