At Least 7 Killed as Fierce Rains Sweep British Isles : Downpours Sweep Britain, Ireland; 7 Dead, 5 Missing

The remains of Hurricane Charley buffeted Britain and Ireland with 60-m.p.h. winds and torrential rains for a second straight day Tuesday, killing at least seven people. Five people are missing.

The heavy rain borne by Charley, which hammered the East Coast of the United States two weeks ago, made Monday the wettest bank holiday in 20 years in several coastal resorts in southern England.

On Tuesday, the wind-whipped rains swept England from the southern coast to the Scottish border.

The brunt of the storm hit Ireland, where at least five people died and one person was missing over two days of the worst August weather in at least two decades.

Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald cut short a vacation in Cyprus to preside over an emergency Cabinet meeting Thursday to consider emergency state aid for farmers.

Farmland Waterlogged

Thousands of acres of farmland were waterlogged on the Irish east coast and in County Munster. Farmers estimated losses from crop damage at around $300 million because of wet conditions aggravated by Charley.

Authorities said Tuesday a man drowned near the village of Coldstream on the Scottish border when floodwaters swept away his jeep.

Also in northern England, 70 campers were rescued by soldiers and farmers when a river burst its banks and sent swirling floodwaters through the campsite in the picturesque Swaledale valley.

In North Wales, two fishermen last seen searching for shellfish off the island of Anglesey were believed drowned and a teen-age boy was believed to have perished in the River Alun, local news reports said.

A 60-year-old man was missing after his boat was swamped by waves on the River Tees in northeastern England.

Woman and Daughter Drown

In Dublin, a 35-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter drowned in the River Liffey, police said. A 4-year-old child also is missing and believed drowned.

Also in Dublin, a 65-year-old man died of a heart attack as floodwaters swept through his home when the river Dodder burst its banks. The body of a 25-year-old man was pulled out of the river Tuesday.

A canoeist died in rural Waterford, 90 miles south of Dublin, and a workman was killed in Newry, Northern Ireland, when a trench he was digging collapsed under the weight of floodwater.