UK weather: Met Office issues second red warning for Eastern Scotland

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Rare warning for severe flooding and disruption covers parts of Angus and southern Aberdeenshire on Saturday

Eastern Scotland is braced for further heavy flooding and storm damage after the Met Office issued a second “danger to life” red weather warning, as the death toll from Storm Babet rose to three.

The emergency services rescued about 60 people from Brechin in Angus, but were unable to reach others stranded in their homes after the South Esk river surged to record heights, overwhelming flood defences erected seven years ago.

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