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Maureen Gilbert, 83, was found dead at her home in Chesterfield, England, after her home flooded amid Storm Babet in 2023

On Sept. 1, evidence was presented at the Chesterfield Coroner’s Court that her house had no formal flood defenses before she died from drowning

"Someone has to pay for it,” Neil Longden, the Environment Agency operations manager for Yorkshire, said of the lack of flood defenses during the inquest

An 83-year-old woman, who drowned in her home when the banks of a nearby river burst, did not have formal flood defenses for protection.

Maureen Gilbert was found “floating in the water” inside her home in Chesterfield, England, by her son Paul Gilbert and her grandson on the morning of Oct. 21, 2023, after Storm Babet caused the banks of the River Rother to

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