Storm Babet has caused travel chaos throughout the UK as flooding closed rail lines and Kings Cross shut due to overcrowding as trains were cancelled.
Police closed the London station after too many people were crammed inside as their services were delayed or scrapped.It has reopened for some passengers.Photos from inside the station showed people hemmed in, standing shoulder to shoulder while overhead screens displayed the bad news.
Friday saw widespread disruption amid very strong winds, heavy rain and flooding, and horrendous conditions have remained.Hundreds of homes flooded after the River South Esk burst its banks in Brechin, and there are now fears the River Don in Aberdeenshire could follow suit.The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency feared it could breach at the towns of Inverurie, Kemnay and Kintore.
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