Storm Babet: Three dead as 'danger to life' warnings issued in UK

Torrential rain and high winds lash Britain for a third day

Emergency services rescuing people from the floods. Getty Images

Three people have died as Storm Babet continues to lash the UK with torrential rain and high winds.

A red “danger to life” weather warning is in place for parts of Britain and hundreds of flood alerts have been issued.

The latest death is a man his sixties who was caught in fast-flowing flood water in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire.

West Mercia Police said he became trapped in the water after a brook breached a road.

Emergency workers searched for the man after being alerted by a member of the public.

“The man was rescued from the water,” said a West Midlands Ambulance Service representative. “However, sadly, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.”

Police Scotland previously said a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday evening, killing the 56-year-old driver.

A 57-year-old woman also died on Thursday after being swept into a river in the region.

Emergency crews have had to rescue 20 people from a care home in Derbyshire as cars were submerged in flood water nearby.

Labour MP Toby Perkins said about 400 houses in his Chesterfield constituency have been flooded and many people “have no idea where they're going to be living”.

Flooded fields in Powys, Wales, after Storm Babet battered the UK, causing widespread flooding and high winds. PA

A man crosses a flood-damaged road in Faithlegg, Co. Waterford, Ireland. PA

Lynsey France and David Pickering inspect flood damage in their home in Catcliffe near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, northern England. PA

Water damaged cars are seen as flood waters begin to recede in the South Yorkshire village of Catcliffe. Getty Images

Residents walk through flood water in Retford in Nottinghamshire. PA

A rainbow over Ladybower Reservoir as water rushes down one of its 'plug holes' after heavy rain in Castleton, Derbyshire. Reuters

Flooded fields around the River Lugg near Leominster in Herefordshire. PA

A car stranded on the remains of a washed away bridge near Dundee in Scotland. PA

South Shields lighthouse in South Tyneside after the dome was torn off by the stormy weather. AP

Boats sunk in the harbour in Rodvig, about 80km south of Copenhagen, after Storm Babet hit parts of Denmark. Reuters

A road ruined after storm Babet hit Vilstrup and Diernaes in Southern Jutland, Denmark. EPA

Flooded cars are abandoned in Derby. Getty

Ferries arrive and leave the Port of Dover in Kent. PA

Waves crash against Seaham lighthouse, in County Durham, north-east England. Reuters

Watching the floods in Brechin, Angus, north-east Scotland, as Storm Babet batters the country. PA

Waves crash over the promenade in Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. AP

Members of a coastguard rescue team in Brechin. Storm Babet dumped 25cm of rain in some areas. PA

A van drives through sea foam in Seaburn, Sunderland, north-east England. PA

Waves crash over the harbour wall in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, north-east Scotland. Reuters

Emergency services in Brechin ask residents to leave their homes after flood warnings. PA

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks with a woman cleaning up flood damage at a business in Midleton, Co Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. PA

A boat owner braves Storm Babet to secure vessels at Stonehaven harbour, in north-east Scotland. AFP

The clean-up gets under way on Main street in Midleton, Co Cork. PA

A tree blown over by Storm Babet in Brechin. PA

Waves crash over the harbour wall in Stonehaven. Getty

The aftermath of Storm Babet in Midleton, Co Cork. PA

Residents climb over a flood defence barrier in the village of Edzell, near Brechin, in Angus, north-east Scotland. PA

Jim Savege, Aberdeenshire Council chief executive, said the area is braced for further flooding amid the second red weather warning.

“It's the second red alert we've had in recent days and we've had really constant wind and rain over those days, and we're also concerned for the amber warning we have for a large part of the Aberdeenshire area,” he told the BBC.

Julie Foley, director of flood strategy and adaptation at the Environment Agency, there are over 360 flood warnings and many flood alerts across the country.

“I'm really conscious that over the weekend we've got a lot of water now moving through our river catchments, so we're going to continue to see river levels continuing to rise,” she said.

Leeds Bradford Airport closed on Friday when high winds forced a passenger plane to skid off a runway.