News about Paul Gilbert

Storm Babet destroyed a woman's house after heavy downpours caused flash floods across the country. Aisha Saeed, 49, had to leave her two-bedroom terraced house in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, last Friday, before rising water destroyed all of her possessions. After losing thousands of pounds worth of items, more than 400 homes were evacuated in the market town, and locals are now having to stay with family or in hotels. The flood 'completely wiped us out,' according to Ms Saeed, who was renting the house, and '99 percent of my possessions have gone', including precious family photos.' The mud and silt left behind after the floodwaters receded was 'completely harmful,' she explained, adding, "You can't save anything." Ms Saeed also chastised Chesterfield Borough Council for a "lack of funding," claiming she was told to remain in her house as water crept up her stairs.

Mauen Gilbert (pictured) 83, was discovered dead by her son Paul Gilbert on the bottom floor of her flooded home on Tapton Terrace in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on Saturday. Derbyshire Constabulary said it had referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, though inquiries into her death are ongoing. In a tweet, the department said: "The referral is mandatory due to officers being concerned with the evacuation of homes in the area on Friday evening." This was part of a multi-agency response in which the police were assisting colleagues from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service who were evacuating properties.'

A neighbour was forced to pump 150 tonnes of water by the 83-year-old Storm Babet victim's lifeless body floating in the floodwaters at her waterlogged home has described the damage caused by the flood, including a neighbor who was forced to pump 150 tonnes of water. Mauen Gilbert (her front door inset top) died after Storm Babet floodwaters rushed into her house in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, faster than she could get upstairs to evade them on Saturday morning. With nearly 150 tonnes removed on Sunday afternoon, Dave Thomas, 76, a fellow resident of Tapton Terrace (inset bottom), where Mrs Gilbert had lived all her life, said he had to pay for his own tanker to come and pump out the water. After floods ripped through Anne Squires (right), 38, she was forced to restart again.

Residents of Storm Babet's inundation in the United Kingdom could not return to their homes until Christmas, owing to fears that the damage will take years to recover. Locals in Brechin, Angus, may even be temporarily out of their homes after the storm that dropped a lot of rain and high winds. It comes as other flood-ravaged areas were advised to brace for two more inches of rain today and tomorrow as the Met Office released two new alerts of more chaos. One yellow rain warning was issued for South West Wales today from 5 p.m. to midnight, while another will cover already-saturated areas of the East Midlands from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday. In both directions, more than 5 inches (2in) is expected to fall. The Environment Agency reported that 1,250 homes in England have been flooded, as other households continue to protect their homes. The storm has killed nine people. Officials warned that more floods could occur in the coming days, adding that defenses have covered only 30,000 homes so far.

Following the floods in England caused by strong winds and heavy rain that dropped more than a month and a half of the rain fell in days. According to 116 flood warnings issued by the Environment Agency this morning, an estimated 30,000 properties have been shielded from the flood risk. The warning comes as 83-year-old Mauen Gilbert was discovered dead in Derbyshire after her house was flooded, bringing the total number of people who have died since the storm struck the UK to a low level to nine.

Despite significant flood warnings indicating the danger of death or serious injury being lifted, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned that more floods could occur in the coming days for some of the worst impacted areas. Following Storm Babet, around 1,250 homes in England have been flooded, and an estimated 30,000 homes have been evacuated. This comes as the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice for areas of Scotland as well as portions of northern England, which are in force until this morning. The warning includes major Scottish cities like Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, and Stirling, as well as the Angus and Aberdeenshire areas that have been devastated by flooding during Storm Babet. The Met Office warned on X that the recent rainy weather and the cold night tonight could result in the formation of icy stretches on untreated surfaces.' Up until 9 a.m. Monday morning, a yellow ice warning is in place across Scotland and the far north of England.'

After Storm Babet killed four people and burned hundreds of houses, communities have launched a multi-million-pound clean-up. Teams in Angus and Aberdeenshire, which were hardest affected by the storm, began assessing the severity of the damage yesterday. The recovery process is expected to cost upwards of £500 million, with the Chartered Institute of Insurers estimating that the bill for storm-related injuries would be the highest yet.

After her street in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, flooded on Saturday, Mauen Gilbert (left, with husband John) 83, is thought to have been the ninth person to die from weather-related incidents in recent days. The pensioner had been on the streets all of her life, according to her devastated family, who described how her son and grandson discovered her body at home on the morning of October 21 despite attempts to waterproof her house (right). Maureen, a regressive woman who had mobility issues and was unable to go upstairs, was unable to recover when water flooded into her house at 'chest heights,' she said.

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