Flooding ‘likely’ as heavy rainfall hits Scotland

Flooding ‘likely’ as heavy rainfall hits Scotland

Flood alerts are in place across parts of western Scotland as the region gets set for heavy rainfall.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has said Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Skye and Lochaber as well as west central Scotland are all at risk.

Met Office yellow weather warnings for rain are in place across until Tuesday.

A statement said: “Persistent, and at times heavy rain will remain over parts of western Scotland throughout Monday and Tuesday.

“The west Highlands may see some breaks in the rainfall on Monday morning in particular before the rain spreads back into this area.

“Through Monday and into Tuesday widely 40-60mm of rain is expected with totals of 100-150mm over some upland sites exposed to the strong south-westerly winds.”

Sepa said affected regions are likely to see flooding to low lying land and roads.

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