Also on Thursday, a 56-year-old man died after his van hit a falling tree in the same area. In Scotland, a 57-year-old woman died Thursday after being swept into a river in the region of Angus, where hundreds of homes were also evacuated. On Friday, police reported that a man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing flood water in the central England county of Shropshire. "This is an exceptional event, and we are likely to continue to see significant impacts with the potential for further flooding and damage to properties." "This is not usual autumn weather," said Andy Page, the Met's chief meteorologist. On Friday, the Met Office issued a new "red" warning, its highest, for parts of the region through Saturday. But the northern part of the British Isles, southern Sweden and Norway, and northern Germany are also in the path of the storm, named Babet by U.K.'s weather forecaster, the Met Office.Įastern Scotland continued to bear the brunt of the stormy weather. The winds are expected to hit hardest in the eastern part of Denmark's Jutland peninsula and the Danish islands in the Baltic Sea. COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Gale-force winds and floods struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endured more heavy rain on Friday that forecasters say will continue into the weekend.
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