SPLASH COURSE
Unrelenting rain and flash floods lead to travel chaos on rail and roads
TORRENTIAL rain and flash-flooding yesterday left motorists stranded and led to travel chaos across Scotland.
The country’s rail network was also severely disrupted by the wild weather.
The west coast felt the brunt of the downpours with Renfrewshire being particularly hard hit.
Phone footage by a driver near Kilmacolm showed the Lochwinnoch Road partially underwater after the River Garnock burst its banks
The film shows the driver following a council lorry through the deep water and urging it to keep going and not stop as other cars lay waterlogged on the road. In Garnock, local councillor,
BY JAMES MONCUR j.moncur@dailyrecord.co.uk
Donald Reid, took to Facebook to warn locals of major flooding on the B777.
He wrote: “Just made it back having gone to Glengarnock to check on flooding issue.
“My advice is to avoid this area because the Garnock has burst its banks and the water is steadily rising.
“In fact, best not to drive at all if you can avoid it.”
Reid, who spent an hour liaising with North Ayrshire Council roads department and the local police, added: “Travel is definitely not advised as it is still raining heavily and the river has burst its banks in several places..
“I have been advised that there is extensive flooding across North Ayrshire so the authorities are under real pressure and you can assist by simply not going out through flooded areas.”
ScotRail experienced severe disruption across the network and advised passengers to delay travel until further notice.
Dozens of services including routes between Glasgow and Edinburgh were affected.
The West Highland Line between Helensburgh Upper and Garelochhead was closed due to a landslip.
Elsewhere on the roads, long delays were reported on the A82 at the Dunglass roundabout in Milton, near Dumbarton. Traffic Scotland said there were hour-long delays both northbound and southbound due to flooding.
Surface water affected all routes near Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross. East
Dunbartonshire Council said two roads have been closed in Kirkintilloch to prevent flooding.
The A83 in Argyll was closed in both directions after a huge landslide at the Rest and Be Thankful.
The shocking conditions came after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning.
Forecasters anticipated that around 100mm of rainfall could potentially fall in some areas of the country.
Typically 120mm of rain falls during the entire of August in Scotland.
It comes after Scotland was hit with thunderstorms on Friday following scorching temperatures.