 The warning system will cover 12,000 properties |
Householders and businesses in flood risk areas in the west of Scotland will get up to three hours advance warning with the launch of a new scheme. The flood warning system covers the rivers Clyde, Kelvin and Irvine.
A network of monitoring stations along the rivers will alert officers at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) when water levels are high.
The system will cover 12,000 properties in East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, North and East Ayrshire.
Sepa will look at the area's flooding history, as well as weather forecasts, and issue a warning to the local council and emergency services.
December 1994 saw the most severe flooding in west central Scotland in recent times.
Three people died and there was major disruption, including the closure of 80 roads across Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Kirkintilloch.
The clear-up cost an estimated �100m.
Sepa now operates 44 flood warning schemes across the country.
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