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| | Tuesday, 22 October, 2002, 16:58 GMT 17:58 UK In pictures: Floods strike Scotland People across Scotland were affected by flooding as heavy rain and strong winds battered the country. Roads were closed, train services and ferries were disrupted, schools were shut and people had to be evacuated from their homes on Tuesday. BBC News Online Scotland captures some of the images which show the impact of the flooding.  Firefighters laid down sandbags outside Kelso in the Borders  The River Teviot near Jedburgh was swollen by the heavy rain  People living in Kelso had to deal with heavy flooding  William Walton, 93, was rescued from flooding at a caravan site at Gretna  Several families were forced to evacuate their homes in the Borders  The sea battered the shore at North Berwick on the east coast  The train line at North Berwick was left under several feet of water  Flooding caused problems for drivers in the north of Scotland  A number of rivers burst their banks in the Borders  The south of Scotland was the hardest hit by flooding on Tuesday morning | | See also:  22 Oct 02 | Scotland 08 Sep 02 | Scotland 22 Oct 02 | UK 08 Sep 02 | Scotland 31 Jul 02 | Scotland 28 Jan 02 | Scotland Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Scotland stories now: Links to more Scotland stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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