After the drought, floods hit Scotland
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Jul 5, 2010, 2:29:07 AM7/5/10
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After the drought, floods hit Scotland
* Heavy rain causes flooding on Glasgow’s Haggs Road while windy conditions disrupt city centre shoppers.
5 Jul 2010
After the drought, came the flood as 70mph winds battered through parts of the country and some areas were soaked by more rain than in the entire month of June.
The Met Office issued weather warnings as gales swept through Scotland.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency put seven flood watches in place, mostly in the areas which had been starved of water for most of this year. They included Argyll rivers and Loch Lomond, Dumfries and Galloway rivers, Skye and Lochaber and west central Scotland.
Tyndrum in Argyll was swamped by a 40mm (1.6 inches) downpour, sparking a flood alert in the previously parched region.
Yet the village received just 36mm (1.4 inches) from the beginning to the end of last month.
Kirsty Burnett, 46, who runs a tourist hostel in Tyndrum, said: “Last week, we were worried about the drought. Now, our water supply is overflowing. It started raining during the night and it has just not stopped. You can’t even cross a burn because there’s so much water.”
Ferry sailings were cancelled in the Western Isles by winds gusting to 70mph and warnings were issued on all the country’s main road bridges.
Dave Rigby, of the Met Office in Aberdeen, said: “This is a most unusual event for this time of year. Low pressure such as this is more normally associated with late autumn.
“We actually saw 21C (70F) in Inverness but nobody will have noticed through the wind and the rain.”
Determined shoppers in Glasgow fought to walk down the streets as 17mm of rain and 60mph gusts swept through the city in three wild hours.
Rigby added: “The strongest winds were seen in Argyll and Bute and through the central belt as well.
“Wind speeds picked up as it crossed Scotland, with 70mph gusts expected for the east coast and the Forth Road Bridge.”
Cal Mac said ferry crossings were cancelled on a number of routes, including Barra to Eriskay, Oban to Castlebay and Berneray to the Sound of Harris.
The conditions were welcomed as the prolonged warm weather had caused water levels to drop in rivers and reservoirs. Scottish Water has been considering applying to the Government for the first drought order since 2004, which could include restrictions on the use of water such as bans on hose pipe use or the washing of cars.
SEPA, however, has advised that it will take more than one weekend of wet weather to bring water levels back up to an acceptable level.
The Met Office said the weather would clear up today and tomorrow with the chance of some sun but the rain will return towards the middle of the week with a chance of heavy showers again by the weekend.
After the drought, floods hit Scotland
* Heavy rain causes flooding on Glasgow’s Haggs Road while windy conditions disrupt city centre shoppers.
5 Jul 2010
After the drought, came the flood as 70mph winds battered through parts of the country and some areas were soaked by more rain than in the entire month of June.
The Met Office issued weather warnings as gales swept through Scotland.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency put seven flood watches in place, mostly in the areas which had been starved of water for most of this year. They included Argyll rivers and Loch Lomond, Dumfries and Galloway rivers, Skye and Lochaber and west central Scotland.
Tyndrum in Argyll was swamped by a 40mm (1.6 inches) downpour, sparking a flood alert in the previously parched region.
Yet the village received just 36mm (1.4 inches) from the beginning to the end of last month.
Kirsty Burnett, 46, who runs a tourist hostel in Tyndrum, said: “Last week, we were worried about the drought. Now, our water supply is overflowing. It started raining during the night and it has just not stopped. You can’t even cross a burn because there’s so much water.”
Ferry sailings were cancelled in the Western Isles by winds gusting to 70mph and warnings were issued on all the country’s main road bridges.
Dave Rigby, of the Met Office in Aberdeen, said: “This is a most unusual event for this time of year. Low pressure such as this is more normally associated with late autumn.
“We actually saw 21C (70F) in Inverness but nobody will have noticed through the wind and the rain.”
Determined shoppers in Glasgow fought to walk down the streets as 17mm of rain and 60mph gusts swept through the city in three wild hours.
Rigby added: “The strongest winds were seen in Argyll and Bute and through the central belt as well.
“Wind speeds picked up as it crossed Scotland, with 70mph gusts expected for the east coast and the Forth Road Bridge.”
Cal Mac said ferry crossings were cancelled on a number of routes, including Barra to Eriskay, Oban to Castlebay and Berneray to the Sound of Harris.
The conditions were welcomed as the prolonged warm weather had caused water levels to drop in rivers and reservoirs. Scottish Water has been considering applying to the Government for the first drought order since 2004, which could include restrictions on the use of water such as bans on hose pipe use or the washing of cars.
SEPA, however, has advised that it will take more than one weekend of wet weather to bring water levels back up to an acceptable level.
The Met Office said the weather would clear up today and tomorrow with the chance of some sun but the rain will return towards the middle of the week with a chance of heavy showers again by the weekend.
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