“This month heavy rain has caused havoc in north and east Scotland with homes flooded, roads closed and trains cancelled.
An Aberdeenshire Council spokesperson said: “Our crews have been working throughout the night providing support to the emergency services, keeping roads clear as best they can and helping with the evacuation of residents.”
“The torrential rainfall across a large part of Aberdeenshire has meant that our crews have been stretched very thinly but they have been committed to helping wherever possible.”
Residents in Stonehaven filled pillow cases with sand from the beach to try to protect buildings, after the rivers Cowie and Carron burst their banks on Sunday. Some streets in the town were evacuated.
Read the full story here: BBC News Website
Simon Phelps, Director and Founder of Fluvial Innovations, said:
“Filling sandbags (or pillow cases in this case), would prove utterly ineffective against rising flood waters. They leak excessively and require a great deal of manpower and resources to assemble into a flood defence barrier.”