Storm Babbitt leaves three dead as it passes through the UK

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 7:53 pm

Heavy rain and strong winds caused by Storm Babette as it passed through the UK killed three people, as well as major flooding and the cancellation of flights and ferries docked at docks. The state of alert issued by the authorities, especially in Scotland, which initially ended on Friday afternoon, was extended until yesterday, Saturday, by the National Meteorological Agency, when the storm began moving towards the Scandinavian countries, reaching Denmark and Norway, the two countries that were caused yesterday by several power outages. The electrician.


Police said northwest Scotland was particularly hard hit, where the body of a 57-year-old woman was found on Thursday evening in a river in the coastal area of ​​Angus between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. A 56-year-old man also died on the same day when his vehicle collided with a tree near the town of Forfar in the same area. On Friday, another man in his sixties died after becoming trapped in a stream in central England.

At Leeds Bradford Airport in northern England, a passenger plane slid off the runway while trying to land amid strong winds, although no injuries were reported.

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