21st October - Today's News: Storm Babet Causes Deaths, Floods, Widespread Disruption

Not a major news story as it's not affecting London and the Home Counties - just everywhere else!   The Avon is at high flood levels, and we never even had a yellow warning for rain.  The impacts will continue to be felt for everal days yet, with more major flooding likely as waters flow downstream.  And more heavy rain looks likely on Tuesday night.

Storm Babet: Second death confirmed as new red warning issued

Damage and disruption as Storm Babet hits England

Storm Babet: Rain and floods close schools in Wales

Newcastle school closed due to damage by Storm Babet

Suffolk flooding leads to major incident being declared

Man dies in Cleobury Mortimer flood during Storm Babet

In parts of Wales, people told to stay indoors as floods trap cars

Today, Eastern Scotland is under its second red alert in a week as Storm Babet flooding rages on

Lincolnshire flooding: Storm Babet affects 'at least' 168 homes

Meanwhile, gale-force winds and floods strike northern Europe as Denmark hit by worst storm surges for decades whilst in southern France a bus is swept away in flooded French river after huge rainfall from Storm Aline aand

But there's a "serious drought situation" in the Algarve

In Mexico and the Caribbean, hurricanes will strike land this weekend by two different oceans 

And as drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia, how drought fuels wildfires in the Amazon



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