2023-10-21 23:35:10
Storm Babet caused significant flooding and property damage in towns in Denmark and Norway overnight from Friday to Saturday, and continued to sweep across the United Kingdom on Saturday. It hit Scotland on Friday, causing the death of three people, including two in the north-east of the country.
It also hit the coasts of northern Germany on Friday evening, raging all night, causing the death of a woman killed in her car by a falling tree, firefighters said.
In Denmark, the storm triggered a sharp rise in water levels in towns in the south of the country, flooding the ground floors of homes without electricity for several hours.
A powerful storm is sweeping through much of northern Europe. It’s bringing gale-force winds and flooding to Scotland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. pic.twitter.com/XM7wwmAN23
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) October 21, 2023
Water levels rose more than two meters above normal in towns like Aabenraa, Haderslev, Sønderborg, Hesnæs, Fynshav, Fåborg and Assensson, levels which are normally only reached once every 100 years, according to the DMI weather service.
“We have to remove large quantities of water from cities, especially in southern Jutland,” said Martin Vendelbo of the Danish Emergency Management Agency at Ritzau. In the fishing port of Rødvig (Zealand province), several fishing boats have run aground or are on the verge of sinking, according to photos from Danish media.
In Norway, at the start of the morning, up to 20,000 residents were without power in the south but the situation is improving, according to the Norwegian news agency NTB. Roofs were blown off, trees and masts fell due to the violent winds.
Rail traffic disrupted across the Channel
In the United Kingdom, where the storm continued its damage on Saturday, London’s King’s Cross station had to close its doors for a few hours in the afternoon to limit the influx of travelers, massed in the hall and on the platforms. following the cancellation or delays of numerous trains.
As reported on Scotland from London, are still “severely disrupted”.
In the north of England, Leeds Bradford airport, closed on Friday after a TUI plane went off the runway caused by strong winds, was able to reopen its doors late Saturday morning, he said. -he announced on X.
Three alerts for “severe flooding”, “which generate a significant risk to the lives” of nearby residents, have been issued on the banks of the River Derwent in Derby, in central England, the Flood Agency said. environment on its site.
According to one of its managers, Katharine Smith, “continued flooding is likely on some large rivers, notably the Severn, the Ouse and the Trent until Tuesday”, in the north of England and the Midlands (central ) especially.
Scotland heals its wounds
Interviewed on BBC One on Saturday morning, Labor MP Toby Perkins said around 400 homes in his constituency of Chesterfield, in central England, had been flooded and many people now have “no idea what happened”. “place where they will be able to live.”
Scotland continued to heal its wounds. On
Germany’s Baltic Sea coast was also hit by strong winds and rain that raised water levels, causing flooding and the evacuation of around 2,000 people, according to rescue services. of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The highest water levels were recorded around midnight on Friday: in Flensburg (north), it reached almost 2.30 m above normal – a value not seen for almost 120 years. The situation was improving on Saturday.
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