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August, the traditional summer month, began in many parts of Scotland with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas. Kilbirnie in Ayrshire was one of the worst effected towns, but Callander and Stirling were hit as well while parts of Dumfries and Galloway had problems with the heavy rainfall too. BBC Scotland has reported a lot about the heavy rainfall. On the first of August BBC Scotland reported: "A major clean-up operation is under way in the North Ayrshire town of Kilbirnie after torrential rain caused a river to burst its banks. At the height of the alert on Friday morning, more than 30 firefighters were deployed to areas badly affected by flood water from the River Garnock. Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said in some parts the water had been more than one metre deep."

Later that week, on Thursday, there was even more misery to report: "Several days of heavy rain have continued to cause flooding problems across many areas of Scotland. People living near a Renfrewshire dam were warned of the risk of flooding for the second time this week. Police said once water levels at the dam, near Lochwinnoch, had been reduced it was expected to be demolished. In Edinburgh, the visitor attraction Dynamic Earth was forced to shut for several hours after rain caused "cosmetic damage"." Continue reading....
To make things worse the BBC reported last Friday that Scotland can expect more flooding in the future: "More floods and landslides could hit areas of Scotland in the future, according to an environmental charity. WWF Scotland has analysed Met Office data and found that last month was almost 1.5C warmer than the long-term average. It said July was very warm, a bit wetter and less sunny than usual. June was slightly warmer and quite a bit wetter than average. May was the warmest May ever in the Scottish records, which go back to 1914. WWF Scotland director, Richard Dixon, said: "We are now seeing floods and landslides closing road and railways. "This is just the kind of impact we will expect to see more of as the climate changes further."