More than 1,200 homes and businesses suffered internal flooding following Storm Babet, new figures show. The statistics confirm the storm caused far more local flooding than any other weather event in the last decade. Nottinghamshire County Council’s Flood Risk Management Team verified 1,259 properties and businesses in 92 communities as suffering from internal flooding as a direct result of the storm. By comparison, the council had 1,547 reports of internal flooding recorded in total in the nine years between 2013 and 2022. A total of 1,233 claims have been paid out by Nottinghamshire County …
