A council official has said flooding and rescues are taking place across Angus in east Scotland.
Rescues efforts have been extended as two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded in Scotland during Storm Babet.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they had attended about 70 weather related incidents since Thursday morning and received about 750 emergency 999 calls, which a spokesperson confirmed was an “unusually high” number of calls. One Angus village, Edzell, is completely cut off by floodwater, with the emergency services unable to get through and the only emergency medical access via air ambulance.The Met Office has issued a new red warning for rain, meaning there is a risk to life, covering parts of eastern Scotland all day on Saturday.Police Scotland said a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday evening, killing the 56-year-old driver.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “ around 5.
“They’ve got all of those people who have been affected arriving at our rest centres in such a state – wet, cold, upset and just so unbelievably upset.”The council has appealed for donations of warm clothes after 40 people turned up to rest centres while “soaked”. He said: “It will be hard for some people to leave their homes but they absolutely need to do so if asked.”Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, warned that the further red warning issued by the Met Office would “intensify” the disruption caused by torrential rain from Storm Babet.
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