Travel and flooding chaos in Perth as storm results in school closure

downpours have caused chaos across Glasgow today. Shocking videos and pictures circulating on social media tonight show cars and van submerged in deep puddles after hours of heavy rainfall.

Rochdale has been forced to temporarily close after flooding caused 'catastrophic damage' to the building's power supply. Diners were evacuated from the award-winning restaurant last night as Storm Francis lashed down.

Horwich and Rivington were already submerged by 7pm on Tuesday evening - before a night filled with rain and hours more this morning. Station Park has become waterlogged, according to Bolton resident Peter Ravald who captured the scenes and shared them with the caption 'floody hell!' on social media.

Storm Francis sweeps across the country. The B724 at Cummertrees, near Annan, is currently inaccessible to traffic.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind and rain as another storm draws closer in the wake of last week's Storm Ellen. Forecasters say a deep area of low pressure will cross the UK from tonight, bringing gusts of wind up to 70mph.A yellow wind warning is in force for the whole of Wales and most of England, including Greater Manchester, until midday on Wednesday.

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Pill the size of a Jelly Baby a new weapon in the fight against bowel cancer Perth and Kinross Council also helped provide five Perth households with emergency accommodation.A spokesperson for PKC said: “We carried out welfare checks on around 100 properties in areas worst hit by flooding overnight on Tuesday and also posted letters directing people to support where necessary.“As it was, only five households required us to provide emergency accommodation for them on Wednesday night.”Perth City

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Perth and Kinross.The action follows a rise in incidents of ‘proxy buying’, especially in Perth city centre.Licence holders will also be asked to look out for adults buying drinks that “appeal to youngsters” such as alcopops.Jobs boost for region as clothing chain confirms both stores will stay openA report set to go to councillors this week says that while there has only been three reports of premises that sell alcohol involving under 18s, there are concerns about children getting access to

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