Floods wreak havoc.RAIN brought flood chaos to parts of Scotland yesterday with roads and rail lines closed and flights delayed by the downpour. The north-east bore the brunt, with the main Aberdeen- Inverness rail line left under several feet of water in Moray Moray, alternate spelling of Murray Moray. For Scottish names spelled thus, use Murray. Moray, council area and former county, Scotland Moray (mûr`ē) . Rail services ran between Aberdeen and Huntly with passengers bussed to Inverness. In Elgin, Moray Coordinates: Elgin (Scottish Gaelic: Eilginn) is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. , the river Lossie burst its banks in several places and several homes in low lying areas of the town were evacuated by council workers. RAF staff were brought in to help with the evacuations in the Lesmurdie area of the town. Those affected were taken to a nearby council home until the flood threat subsided. At Rothes on Speyside, council workmen brought in sandbags to stop homes being flooded. More than 30 flights at Aberdeen were delayed or diverted when the runway instrument landing system failed and weather hampered engineers. In Lochaber, mountain rescuers searched for a hillwaker missing since Wednesday. The 64-year-old man from Aberdeen failed to return to his holiday accommodation from a walk in the Hills of Gulvain at Loch Arkaig, near Fort William. Weathermen Weathermen: see Students for a Democratic Society. Weathermen American terrorist group against the “Establishment.” [Am. Hist.: Facts (1972), 384] See : Terrorism said conditions will improve slightly today, but the rain will return over the weekend. CAPTION(S): SOAKED: Floods in Keith |
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