The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued seven new flood warnings across Scotland as it is battered with high winds and rain from a new Atlantic storm.
The storm has been predicted to last for 12 hours with winds reaching highs of 70 mph and as much as 5cm of rain falling in some parts by weather experts. The Met Office has issued two weather warnings in Sunday. A yellow wind alert runs from 6am until 6pm on February 23 and covers every council area in the country. The worst of the wind is expected around the Scottish islands and Irish Sea coasts, reports the Scottish Daily Express.
SEPA has now issued seven new flood warnings across Tayside and the Scottish Borders with flood alerts for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee and Angus and West Central Scotland.
The Met Office states: “Southerly to southwesterly winds are expected to increase through Sunday morning, peaking late morning to early afternoon with gusts of 50-60mph, and perhaps as much as 70mph in exposed spots along Irish Sea coastlines, Scottish Islands, and other areas of high ground further inland. Rain will accompany strong winds, which will make for very poor weather conditions, especially on roads.
“A broad band of occasionally heavy rain will push east during Sunday morning and afternoon, bringing a spell of around 6 hours of rain. Up to 20-30 mm of rain is expected to fall quite widely, but in some places such as exposed south or southwest-facing hills nearer 40-50 mm is likely.”
As part of the warnings, Scots are being told to expect delays on the transport network, the possibility of power cuts, and spray and flooding on roads.
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