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Flood in United Kingdom
Heavy rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in Scotland, with some areas receiving more than two weeks worth of rain in two days.
As of 9 October, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) had 8 flood alerts in place, and 51 flood warnings. Two severe flood warnings were issued for Perth and Aviemore.
Though no casualties or injuries have been reported, the flooding has caused disruption throughout the country with the west and north particularly affected. Residents have been warned not to travel unless necessary and to avoid flooded areas.
14 people were rescued in Argyll and Bute when landslides on a road trapped them in their cars. Roads and railways lines are disrupted by both landslides and floods.
The heavy rainfall began on 6 October and continued through the day afterwards. Though the rain weakened on 8 October, more rain is expected in the following days.
| Type of Event: | Floods, landslides |
| Location of Event: | United Kingdom |
| Date of Charter Activation: | 2023-10-06 |
| Time of Charter Activation: | 17:53 |
| Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+01:00 |
| Charter Requestor: | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) |
| Activation ID: | 841 |
| Project Management: | Dominic Habron (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) |
| act-value-adders: | University of Stirling Dr Cristian Silva Perez (University of Stirling) Alessandro Novellino (British Geological Survey) |
Products
River Spey flooding
Copyright: RADARSAT Constellation Mission Imagery © Government of Canada (2023) - RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency
Map produced by The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa)
Information about the Product
Acquired: 08/10/2023
Source: RCM
Category: Delineation Map
Areas affected from flooding from river forth
Copyright: RADARSAT Constellation Mission Imagery © Government of Canada (2023) - RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency
Map produced by The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa)
Information about the Product
Acquired: 07/10/2023
Source: RCM
Category: Delineation Map
Quickviews
Quickviews are produced for illustration purposes only and do not contain any verified analysis of the disaster.
Sentinel-1 images over Scotland, South of Carnigorns National Park, showing large differences in backscatter over flooded areas (water surfaces appears black in a radar image). The Earn and Tay rivers show abnormally high water levels, along with several lochs in the area.
Copyrights: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023).
Information about the Quickview
Acquired: 2023-10-08 / 2023-10-03
Source(s): Sentinel-1 / Sentinel-1
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