Two people are confirmed dead, and another is missing, amid a powerful storm named Babet, which will continue to bring significant wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom into the weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm, which was spinning over the southern U.K. as of Friday afternoon, local time, has already...
Buckle up: Cold winds, freezes to follow a weekend storm in the Northeast. Get the forecast.The ferocious storm, the second of the season for Ireland and the U.K., has turned deadly as it continues to bring major flooding, damaging winds and battering waves to northwestern Europe.Intense rain and wind led to widespread flooding, massive waves and extensive power outages in Ireland and the United Kingdom from Oct. 18-19.
As Babet, the second named storm of the season in the U.K., was continuing to bear down on the region, the country's Met ServiceStorm Babet turns deadly, continues to pound Ireland & the U.K., a 56-year-old man was killed on Thursday when a tree hit his van in Angus, Scotland. A second fatality occurred on Thursday in nearby Glen Esk, when a woman was swept away by floodwaters,
Damage can also result from strong, gusty winds as Babet further strengthens and its center of circulation emerges in the North Sea east of the U.K. late in the week.
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