05/12/2015 Reporting Scotland


05/12/2015

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Scotland's been hit by floods, heavy rain and strong winds as Storm

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Dozens of flood alerts and weather warnings are in place.

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We've two reports from the south of Scotland where

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You can see behind me how angry it is and how fast it is moving.

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Further down than we are allowed to go this evening, it has burst its

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banks. Around 100 local properties have been evacuated. We are also

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hearing that people in nearby Newcastleton are being moved out of

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their homes this evening, too. The river here has not yet peaked. It

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may not peek until the next few hours so people are being advised to

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take precautions in advance of that. We have been talking to Police

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Scotland to have told us that people are advised here not to drive.

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Inspector John Reid spoke to us earlier today.

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We have been moving people all day in numbers around 100. We will

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continue to do so. I would ask that if people are advised to leave their

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homes, we don't take these decisions lightly and I would ask them to heat

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that information. -- he did that information.

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You can see that the weather here is deteriorating rapidly. There are now

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severe weather warnings in south-west Scotland and also in

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Lothian and Borders. The advice is if you do not have to travel this

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evening, then please don't. Let's cross to the south-west. This

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report from Dumfries. Storm Desmond turned roads into

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rivers and rivers into lakes. This was the river and in between

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Lockerbie and Dumfries. At least half a mile wide and still

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spreading. This raging torrent was in line which started to cause

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concern around lunchtime. Dumfries and Galloway Council sent

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sand bags and other flood defences. A few hours later, Riverside

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householders were advised to move what they could from ground floor

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rooms as the threat intensified. A Dumfries -- they are old hands at

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this year. The flooding has been worse. Some relief for the Council

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staff and emergency services, who have declared a local emergency.

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It is coordinated from a bunker. We have been following a trail all

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the way down the river and also the catchment for the border. A number

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of communities have been affected. Resources have been stretched.

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It has been raining constantly for more than 24 hours and it is

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forecast to continue well into tomorrow. Somewhere between 100 and

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150 millimetres, 46 inches, and when is getting up now as well. At the

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moment, lying remains the biggest concern for the authorities here in

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Dumfries and Galloway, but with so much more rain to come its sometime

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before the danger will be over. Tributes have been paid to the

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celebrated Scottish writer, William McIlvanney, who's died at the age

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of 79 after a short illness. He was best known for his trilogy of

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gritty crime novels, featuring the The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon,

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has described McIlvanney Dubbed the Godfather of Tartan Noir,

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he influenced A whole new generation of writers.

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Gore Vidal said once, it's a genre a lot of people read but we don't need

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to be snooty and say I wouldn't write that. Go where your readers

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are. The Scottish Government says more

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trains and buses will part of an integrated travel plan to

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minimise disruption after the The First Minister chaired

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a resilience committee meeting today, and it was announced that

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a special website for commuters It is reallocating extra carriages

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and trains to enhance the number of trains that will service an area. We

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will be trains that will service an area. We

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as congestion as a consequence of the closure.

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Only a few Premiership football matches survived today's weather.

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Aberdeen comfortably beat Dundee 2-0 at Dens Park.

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The result sees the Dons close the gap on league leaders Celtic to

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Two other top flight matches survived the weather.

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Kilmarnock and Dundee United drew, and Ross County lost

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Well, it's over to Judith now with the weather outlook for tonight

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Good evening. Storm Desmond has had huge impact across Scotland and the

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northern part of the UK. It has come from icelands but its impact is

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still felt here. That's what has brought all this with done rain.

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Here's an earlier radar picture. Read warnings out for rain across

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northern England. That means take action. That warning has been

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extended into parts of southern Scotland, mainly around

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Newcastleton, weak. An amber warning in the central lowlands as part of

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Perthshire. Factor in those winds. Up to 60 or 70 mph gusts. For the

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next couple of hours, it's a very wet and windy picture. Then we start

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to see the winds easing as they go into the West. Something drier

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to see the winds easing as they go coming in and colder as we had

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through the overnight period. Tomorrow a much improved day. Things

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do settle down. Across the North, brisk winds with showers initially.

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The winds staying strong across northern Scotland. Dry and sunny

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weather of the South. Across the rest of the UK, acquired picture.

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Spells of sunshine for Northern Ireland. Rain in the far south.

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Temperatures miles across southern part of the country. Feeling a lot

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cooler in the North. Our next update is tomorrow

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evening at 6:10pm. Until then, from everyone here,

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enjoy the rest of your Saturday There once was a sprout

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with love to give Looking for friends

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to spend Christmas with

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