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Suffolk councils received 750 reports of internal flooding to homes and businesses after Storm Babet, with government recovery grants and council tax discounts due to start reaching eligible…
Storm Babet brought high winds and extreme rainfall to the UK on 18 October 2023, causing significant flooding, damage to homes and infrastructure, and the deaths of seven people.
Storm Babet brought gusts of more than 58mph and 150 to 200mm of rain to eastern Scotland between 18 and 21 October 2023, with two red warnings for rain issued.
Storm Babet, the first named storm of the winter season, brought a Severe flood warning for the Severn and internal flooding to 163 properties across four Welsh counties, the Welsh Government has…
The Met Office declared Storm Babet a named storm on Monday 16 October 2023, bringing high winds, heavy rain and heightened flood risk to Northern Powergrid's region across the North East, Yorkshire…
The Met Office declared Storm Babet on 16 October 2023, with a yellow weather warning for heavy wind and rain across the North East and Yorkshire from 6am on 19 October to 6am on 21 October.
SSEN Distribution has moved to Weather Warning status ahead of high winds forecast across the north of Scotland from Friday evening into early Saturday morning, with gusts of up to 65mph in four…
Argyll and Bute Council has reported on recovery from the rainfall of 7 and 8 October, which caused landslips, debris and flooding in Oban and exceeded the capacity of the town's pumping systems.
The Environment Agency reported that Storm Babet alone had flooded 2,200 homes by the end of October 2023, figures set out in a National Audit Office report on flood resilience published on 15…
The government has said it responded to severe winter storms and associated flooding across the country in October and November 2023, in an annual update on UK resilience published in December.
Storm Babet brought the third-wettest independent three-day period for England and Wales since 1891, flooding around 2,100 properties while the Environment Agency's response protected nearly 100,000.
Suffolk County Council is delivering the government's Flood Recovery Framework grants after Storm Babet, with more than 750 properties confirmed internally flooded and up to 80 flood investigations…
Storm Babet brought 46 flood warnings in 48 hours across North and Mid Wales in October 2023, flooding around 160 properties and prompting a severe flood warning for Llandrinio, Powys.
Suffolk County Council has published a flood investigation report into Debenham, one of the communities worst hit when Storm Babet brought flooding to the county in October 2023.
Natural Resources Wales reports that Storm Ciaran brought record levels on the River Ritec at Tenby, a Severe Flood Warning was issued, and more than 900 people were evacuated from the Kiln Park…
Suffolk County Council has published flood investigation reports into Needham Market and Wickham Market, where Storm Babet internally flooded more than 45 and 40 properties respectively in October…
Storm Babet floodwater breached the River Rother at Catcliffe, Rotherham, in October 2023, damaging homes on California Drive beyond repair and leaving residents in hotels and caravans for months.
The Home Office has launched the latest wave of Fire Kills national advertising in England, reminding households to fit smoke alarms on every floor and test them monthly.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has required the recall of a Wanzhaoda portable gas fire sold via Amazon, which it says presents a serious risk of burns, fire and explosion.
Storm Agnes was the first named storm of the 2023/24 season, which ran from 27 September 2023 to Storm Lilian on 22 August 2024 and brought 12 named storms, the most since naming began in 2015.