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Efforts to clear blocked rail line after flooding hits Scotland | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Engineering works are taking place through the night to clear landslip damage to the rail line between Stirling and Dunblane. | |
It follows a day of severe downpours and stormy conditions across parts of Scotland. | |
Some areas were hit by flash floods and rail and road travel was disrupted. | |
Flood warnings are in place for parts of Tayside and rain warnings in the Western and Northern Isles continue into the early hours of Thursday. | |
The landslip near Bridge of Allan closed the rail line between Stirling and Dunblane on Wednesday evening. | |
At one point a train was also stuck on the line near Stirling and clear-up teams on site said conditions in the area were "atrocious". | |
Engineering work to repair the landslip damage was taking place overnight in the hope that a full service could run on Thursday. | |
Streets in Edinburgh were also affected by flooding on Wednesday, hail storms were seen in the west and flood waters swept debris across a stretch of the A7. | |
In Argyll and Bute, the A83 was closed between the A819 junction in Inveraray and the A815 junction in Cairndow, because of flooding. | |
Drivers were warned of the dangers of surface water in the Western Isles, Northern Isles and Perth and Kinross. | |
In Edinburgh, a fire crew spent an hour pumping water up to 6in deep out of the Usher Hall as thunder storms caused problems across the city. | In Edinburgh, a fire crew spent an hour pumping water up to 6in deep out of the Usher Hall as thunder storms caused problems across the city. |
Several other streets in the capital were also affected by flash floods, as about 30mm of rain fell in three hours. | Several other streets in the capital were also affected by flash floods, as about 30mm of rain fell in three hours. |