Storm Babet: second person dies as substantial flooding hits Scotland

A fifth severe flood warning has been issued for eastern Scotland as the emergency services grappled with substantial flooding from Storm Babet, which has claimed its first fatality after a woman was swept away in Angus. The five severe flood warnings are in the Angus and Aberdeenshire area covered by a rare red ’danger to life’ weather warning, which extends south to the outskirts of Dundee and Perth, as powerful winds from Storm Babet continued to lash the east coast of Scotland Storm Babet live: Met Office extends red weather warning for east Scotland into Saturday Storm Babet: severe flood warnings in Scotland after woman dies