Red ‘danger to life’ warning covers Angus and southern Aberdeenshire, as person confirmed killed by falling tree
The weather agency said the very rare red warning of severe flooding and disruption covered Angus and southern Aberdeenshire and was in place for the whole of Saturday. It came as a second person was confirmed to have been killed after a falling tree hit a van near Forfar on Thursday evening.
A fifth severe flood warning had earlier been issued for eastern Scotland as the emergency services grappled with substantial flooding from Storm Babet, which claimed its first fatality after a woman was swept away in Angus. In Brechin, fire crews went door to door to rescue residents after flood barriers were breached. Hundreds of households had been told to evacuate on Thursday but some remained in their homes. Angus council said the flooding was the worst the town had experienced.
Train services have been suspended throughout the affected area, across Fife, Tayside, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire, with no trains running to Wick on the north coast either.
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