A Good Morning Britain reporter bravely faced the harsh gales of Storm Babet this morning as the weather battered the UK.
Correspondent Nitya Rajan was on the very edge of Whitley Bay Harbour, north Tyneside, as she delivered a live broadcast for the audience and spoke to the host Kate Garraway about the weather situation on the ground.
Ms Rajan exclaimed: “It’s very, very, stormy for lots of the country and certainly for the east coast where I am..”
Kate Garraway, 56, urged the reporter to move away from the edge as she was hit with splashes of waves from the rough sea.
The concerned host seriously addressed the reporter as she was being hit by the bad weather and said: “I want you to come away from that edge. Your reporting is brilliant and vital but we are concerned about you. So we don’t want you to get swept up, I know you have people making sure you are safe but come on, move slightly away.”
The reporter nodded and replied “will do Kate, roger that”, in a sign that she had acknowledged the advice.
Kate’s co-presenter, Ben Shepherd additionally mentioned “there were some lovely cafés along the coastline” urging Nitya to warm up.
Previously, on her Twitter (X) page, Nitya Rajan had posted a video of the coast, informing followers of the “sheer strength” of Storm Babet.
The Met Office has issued a rare red “danger to life” warning for parts of Angus and Perthshire, where residents are being evacuated and tragically a woman was killed after being swept away.
Confirming the incident, a spokesman for the police service said the body of a 57-year-old woman was found in the Water of Lee, Glen Esk. Th incident comes amid warnings Scotland could see its heaviest rainfall in history.
A second person has been killed after a tree fell on a vehicle near Forfar, in Angus, Scotland.
The Met Office says the highest amount of rainfall recorded since the start of yesterday has been 164mm (6.4in) at Waterside Perth in Scotland.
The storm has brought winds of up to 70mph in some parts of the UK, with more than a metre of rain leading to fears entire towns and villages will be cut off and left underwater.
Today, the storm continues to barrel down the east of England before heading inland, with huge swathes of the country affected including Manchester, London, Portsmouth, Brighton and Norwich.
Follow all the latest weather updates, storm warnings, and safety advice in our live blog on express.co.uk here.
