Hundreds of families warned they may never be able to return to their homes after Storm Babet flood damage
FLOOD-RAVAGED residents have been warned they may never return to their homes.
Thousands were evacuated as Storm Babet burst river banks.
Many properties were engulfed by 5ft torrents.
And it is now feared that the damage to some is so severe that they are unsalvageable.
Janette Wills, from Rotherham, South Yorks, was among several who began cleaning up as water levels receded and submerged cars nearby reappeared.
But in the Scottish town of Brechin, residents were warned their homes could be off-limits for good.
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Local Tory councillor Gavin Nicol said: “The flooding will take months and years to resolve.
“Some residents will be out for months, if not permanently.”
New Met Office yellow rain warnings have been issued for parts of the East Midlands and Yorkshire — both already badly hit by Babet.
Last night the Environment Agency said an estimated 30,000 properties were under threat from rising water levels — with the risk remaining high until Friday.
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Seven people are now known to have been killed in the storm, after Police Scotland recovered the body of a man stuck in a car near Marykirk, Aberdeenshire.