Maureen Gilbert, 83, was found dead in her home in Chesterfield on Saturday morning.
A woman who died in floods caused by Storm Babet has been named - as her son described finding her body 'floating in the water'. Maureen Gilbert, 83, was found dead in her home on Saturday morning in Chesterfield. Her son Paul Gilbert told Sky News his mother lived downstairs because she was disabled and he had spent hours putting up flood defences in the hope they would protect her.
'People get forgotten down here' Mr Gilbert said he was 'very angry', adding: 'I don't think there's enough being done with flood defences. 'People get forgotten down here - nobody got it as bad as we did in 2007 and now this year.' Chesterfield was badly affected by severe flooding across parts of the UK 16 years ago. The May-July period in 2007 was the wettest since records began, causing billions of pounds in damage.
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