A woman in her 80s has been found dead at a home in Chesterfield and her death is believed to be related to flooding, police have said.
It brings the total number of people believed to have died due to the serious weather to seven.
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A police spokesperson said: ‘An investigation has been launched after the body of a woman was found at a property in Chesterfield.
‘Derbyshire Constabulary were called just after 10.35am on Saturday 21 October to the sudden death of a woman in Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield.
‘Officers, along with colleagues from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and from East Midlands Ambulance Service, arrived at the property and found a woman, aged in her 80s, inside the flat.
‘Investigations are continuing into the cause and circumstances surrounding her death.’
On Friday, a man in his 60s died after getting caught in fast-flowing floodwater in the town of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire.
Police Scotland previously said a falling tree hit a van near Forfar in Angus on Thursday evening, killing the 56-year-old driver.
A 57-year-old woman also died on Thursday after being swept into a river in the region.
A search is also under way in Aberdeenshire after a report of a man trapped in a vehicle in floodwater.
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