Two dead, residents trapped as Storm Babet batters Scotland

BRECHIN, United Kingdom - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland.

A second person also died in Angus on Thursday evening after a falling tree hit the van the 56-year-old was driving. 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. "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."The boats are trying to get to them they can't get to them because the current is too strong.Fire crews and the coastguard began evacuating residents in Angus on Thursday, knocking on doors and urging people to leave.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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