Fresh danger to life warnings issued as post-Babet flooding continues

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Fresh danger to life warnings issued as post-Babet flooding continues
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Two severe flood warnings are in place around the River Idle near Retford in Nottinghamshire, meaning risk of death or serious injury.

Residents walk through flood water in Retford in Nottinghamshire, after Storm Babet battered the UK .

It comes as police said the death of a woman in her 80s at a flat in Derbyshire was believed to be flood related, bringing the number of people who have died since the storm hit the UK to at least four. The Environment Agency has warned that major rivers could still be flooded until Tuesday and train services are disrupted across parts of Scotland, Yorkshire and East Anglia, with some routes still flooded.

As of 11am, more than 170 flood warnings, where less dangerous flooding is expected, remained in place across England.Derbyshire Police said they were called at around 10.35am on Saturday to the sudden death of a woman in Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield, and the force believes it was “related to the flooding seen in the Chesterfield area”.

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