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Home of Pensioner Who Drowned During Storm Babet Was 'Not Protected by Formal Flood Defences', Inquest Hears
Maureen Gilbert drowned during Storm Babet flooding caused by River Rother bursting banks; area lacked flood defences and had a history of severe flooding, officials said.
- On October 21, 2023, Maureen Gilbert was found floating in floodwater after the River Rother burst its banks, drowning in her Tapton Terrace home during Storm Babet as one of at least seven fatalities.
- Because Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield, Derbyshire is low-lying with several converging water sources, it lacks formal flood defences; a storage reservoir began in 2018 as the only significant step since 2007.
- According to the Met Office, Storm Babet caused the wettest three-day period on record in the Midlands, with about 400 homes evacuated and neighbours reporting five feet of water engulfing Tapton Terrace properties, preventing emergency services from entering Mrs Gilbert's home.
- The inquest, which will last five days, continues on Tuesday, September 2, after Paul Gilbert heard assistant coroner Matthew Kewley record drowning as his mother's cause of death at Chesterfield Coroner's Court.
- Neil Longden warned funding and planning may block feasible solutions, noting the 2018 storage reservoir was the only significant mitigation since 2007, risking further measures.
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No flood defences protecting home of pensioner who drowned, inquest hears
Maureen Gilbert, 83, drowned when her home flooded during Storm Babet nearly two years ago.
·Cumbria, United Kingdom
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