FLOOD HORROR; Teen feared drowned in deluge.Byline: Craig McDonald A TEENAGER was feared to have drowned last night after torrential rain and severe flooding hit Scotland. He was believed to have fallen into a swollen river and still hadn't been traced after a five-hour search. Rescue teams searched the River Almond River Almond can refer to: two rivers in Scotland:
Heavy rainfall made the river too dangerous for divers. A helicopter was scrambled from RAF Kinloss RAF Kinloss (IATA: FSS, ICAO: EGQK) is a Royal Air Force station. It is near Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. The station is home to all of the Nimrod MR2 fleet in the Royal Air Force. to help the search, as was a specialist underwater police team. Officers were also stationed at footpaths over the Almond in case he had been swept downstream. But there was still no sign of the young man - who had been wearing a black top with the hood up and dark trousers - by yesterday afternoon. A police spokesman said: "Despite a comprehensive search of the area, no body was recovered and further searches will be carried out along the river." Last night, flood watches were issued for 17 areas of Scotland, including rivers in Central Scotland
Central Region (Roinn Meadhanach in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. , the Borders and Highlands. Severe flood warnings were issued for the Rivers Tyne and Eye. The freak weather also caused travel chaos, with widespread road and rail disruption across the country. The east was the worst hit. Misery And there's no sign of a let-up as forecasters warned of more bad weather to come over the weekend. Trains running between Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley were suspended. National Express services between Glasgow and London Kings Cross also terminated at Edinburgh, causing misery for scores of travellers. Motorists suffered too. The A1 linking Scotland and England was among the routes flooded. The road south of Torness, East Lothian East Lothian (lō`thēən), council area (1993 est. pop. 85,640), 262 sq mi (677 sq km), and former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of East Lothian became (1975) part of the new Lothian region, , was closed, sparking traffic chaos. And there was further disruption and huge tailbacks between Grantshouse and Berwick. One driver said: "There was a huge traffic jam in Dunbar. About 25 miles of the road was shut, all the way from Berwick up to Dunbar." The AA warned motorists to check for flood warnings before they begin journeys and to take extra care driving in treacherous conditions. A Met Office spokesman said: "We have flash-flood warnings out covering the East of Scotland and these will certainly continue into Friday. "We're expecting a bit of a respite over parts of Friday and Saturday. "But on Sunday, there is another weather system coming in and we're expecting more rain. "Some places could well be seeing around two and a bit inches of rain. "August was very wet in south-west Scotland in particular and Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. saw more than twice its average monthly rainfall." CAPTION(S): MISERY: Officers on the bridge, top. Above left, the A1 is closed south of Torness. Right, deluged Dunbar |
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