Vicious cycle of weather brings massive flooding to Scotland
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Vicious cycle of weather brings massive flooding to Scotland
Published Date: 24 September 2010
By John Ross
TORRENTIAL rain brought flooding to many parts of Scotland yesterday, forcing people from their homes, damaging businesses and blocking roads and rail lines.
The chaos was widespread with residents from three care homes in Portsoy and Huntly in the North-east, including some in wheelchairs, evacuated, while properties were hit in a number of towns in North Ayrshire.
By last night the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had 15 flood alerts in place. The Met Office also issued rain alerts for Aberdeen, northern Aberdeenshire, Moray, central Tayside and Fife, Lothian and Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde.
Loch Soy in Portsoy burst its banks and flood waters reached 3ft in places. Grampian Fire Service's flood response unit used small boats to carry out rescues.
David Rout, the service's group manager, said: "Ten properties were affected including two small care homes. There have been a total of 11 evacuations, some from the small care homes where they accommodate people who are non-ambulant or have special needs.
"At its height some of the homes were under 2ft – and at some points 3ft deep in water. Our special flood response unit from Elgin was called in to help the local crews. Punts were used to remove some of the people who were in wheelchairs."
Portsoy resident Mary Christie, 69, said fire crews had tried to rescue her and her husband from their home on Soy Avenue. She said: "It's like a river outside, it's unbelievable. We didn't go because we're on slightly higher ground. They've put sandbags up against the gates and they have evacuated some people."
Residents were also evacuated from the Meadows Care Home in Huntly with the help of a fleet of Red Cross vehicles.
Banff Primary and Fordyce School were closed because of the flooding and treacherous road conditions, while pupils at Macduff Primary and Whitehills School were sent home early.
Rosehearty, near Fraserburgh, recorded 28mm of rain overnight, with 14mm falling in one hour.
Grampian Police reported vehicles getting trapped in 2ft of water on the A947 Fyvie-Turriff road, near Towie in Aberdeenshire, and sections of the A96 Inverness-Aberdeen route were also flooded. Huntly was also hit with flood water blocking Bogie Street at the town's railway bridge. Aberdeenshire Council crews were scrambled about 5am yesterday to tackle the worst hit areas.
Heavy rain also forced the closure of Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh after chunks of volcanic rock were dislodged from the crags the castle stands on.
In the west, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue received 117 flood calls from the public between 5:45pm and 11pm on Wednesday. The heavy rain affected properties and caused road closures in Kilbirnie, Glengarnock, Fairlie and Largs in North Ayrshire. Fire crews were also called out to flooding in Rothesay and Helensburgh, in Argyll and Bute.
At the floods' peak, 65 firefighters from Argyll and Bute, North Ayrshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde and North Lanarkshire community fire stations were called out.
By last night the heavy rain was moving away from the north and north-east and heading into Central Scotland and Lothian and Borders.
Stuart Brooks, a forecaster at the Aberdeen Met Office, said: "It's looking drier on Friday and for the weekend."
Vicious cycle of weather brings massive flooding to Scotland
Published Date: 24 September 2010
By John Ross
TORRENTIAL rain brought flooding to many parts of Scotland yesterday, forcing people from their homes, damaging businesses and blocking roads and rail lines.
The chaos was widespread with residents from three care homes in Portsoy and Huntly in the North-east, including some in wheelchairs, evacuated, while properties were hit in a number of towns in North Ayrshire.
By last night the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had 15 flood alerts in place. The Met Office also issued rain alerts for Aberdeen, northern Aberdeenshire, Moray, central Tayside and Fife, Lothian and Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde.
Loch Soy in Portsoy burst its banks and flood waters reached 3ft in places. Grampian Fire Service's flood response unit used small boats to carry out rescues.
David Rout, the service's group manager, said: "Ten properties were affected including two small care homes. There have been a total of 11 evacuations, some from the small care homes where they accommodate people who are non-ambulant or have special needs.
"At its height some of the homes were under 2ft – and at some points 3ft deep in water. Our special flood response unit from Elgin was called in to help the local crews. Punts were used to remove some of the people who were in wheelchairs."
Portsoy resident Mary Christie, 69, said fire crews had tried to rescue her and her husband from their home on Soy Avenue. She said: "It's like a river outside, it's unbelievable. We didn't go because we're on slightly higher ground. They've put sandbags up against the gates and they have evacuated some people."
Residents were also evacuated from the Meadows Care Home in Huntly with the help of a fleet of Red Cross vehicles.
Banff Primary and Fordyce School were closed because of the flooding and treacherous road conditions, while pupils at Macduff Primary and Whitehills School were sent home early.
Rosehearty, near Fraserburgh, recorded 28mm of rain overnight, with 14mm falling in one hour.
Grampian Police reported vehicles getting trapped in 2ft of water on the A947 Fyvie-Turriff road, near Towie in Aberdeenshire, and sections of the A96 Inverness-Aberdeen route were also flooded. Huntly was also hit with flood water blocking Bogie Street at the town's railway bridge. Aberdeenshire Council crews were scrambled about 5am yesterday to tackle the worst hit areas.
Heavy rain also forced the closure of Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh after chunks of volcanic rock were dislodged from the crags the castle stands on.
In the west, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue received 117 flood calls from the public between 5:45pm and 11pm on Wednesday. The heavy rain affected properties and caused road closures in Kilbirnie, Glengarnock, Fairlie and Largs in North Ayrshire. Fire crews were also called out to flooding in Rothesay and Helensburgh, in Argyll and Bute.
At the floods' peak, 65 firefighters from Argyll and Bute, North Ayrshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde and North Lanarkshire community fire stations were called out.
By last night the heavy rain was moving away from the north and north-east and heading into Central Scotland and Lothian and Borders.
Stuart Brooks, a forecaster at the Aberdeen Met Office, said: "It's looking drier on Friday and for the weekend."
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