Thunderstorms bring flooding and disruption

Houses in North Lanarkshire and Perthshire have been flooded and the M8 was closed after in a single day thunderstorms introduced torrential rain.

The reopening of quite a lot of colleges in Fife and the north east has additionally been delayed after routes turned flooded.

Scotrail mentioned railway providers throughout the nation had been being disrupted, with lightning strikes inflicting energy outages.

There are not any experiences of casualties.

Perth and Kinross, the Lothians, Forth Valley and the north east had been the worst hit by lightning strikes and heavy rain.

Recent rainfall on Wednesday morning led to localised flooding in Aberdeen metropolis and Aberdeenshire. Mackie Academy in Stonehaven mentioned it couldn’t settle for pupils after roads to the city turned impassable.

Dunnottar college mentioned it couldn’t reopen after lockdown, saying the world across the constructing was presently utterly flooded and impassable even on foot.

The fireplace service mentioned quite a lot of houses had been flooded in Airdrie, whereas they’ve additionally been in attendance on the M8 after the twin carriageway was badly affected by flooding between junctions 5 and seven.

Police are advising folks to keep away from the world utterly as diversion routes are additionally changing into flooded and impassable.

Fife Council mentioned colleges had been closely affected with energy and constructing issues closing Lochgelly Excessive, Burntisland Main, St Ninian’s Main, Valley Main, Benarty Main, Denend Main, Torryburn Main and their related nurseries.

The fireplace service management room in Edinburgh mentioned that they had acquired greater than 500 calls via the night time amid widespread thunder and lightning and torrential rain.

All flights as a consequence of land at Edinburgh Airport are being diverted or delayed.

Pictures posted to social media confirmed vehicles floating within the automobile park at a Falkirk resort and on the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.

In Perth, heavy rain brought on flooding which affected the town’s railway station.

ScotRail posted footage of the water protecting the tracks on social media.