Midleton Hospital News Today

A Cork woman was horrified to find the entire contents of her living room – including the couch – floating around at shoulder height yesterday, after “the worst flooding the town has ever seen”.

TRADERS in flood-hit Cork towns admitted they are in a race against time to save their Christmas season after a devastating Storm Babet deluge which inflicted millions of Euro worth of damage.

TRADERS in flood-hit Cork towns admitted they are in a race against time to save their Christmas season after a devastating Storm Babet deluge which inflicted millions of Euro worth of damage.

Britain is bracing for Storm Babet, which caused chaos in Cork, Ireland, on Wednesday, leaving homes, businesses and cars destroyed.

Hundreds of homes in a Scottish town have been told to evacuate in the face of Storm Babet as a severe flood warning was put in place.

Dramatic footage of a car that has almost been swept away in a raging torrent of water has emerged in the aftermath of Storm Babet.

TRADERS in flood-hit Cork towns admitted they are in a race against time to save their Christmas season after a devastating Storm Babet deluge which inflicted millions of Euro worth of damage.

A Scottish town was being evacuated today as Storm Babet brought chaos to Britain, with 70mph gale force winds and torrential rain.

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