Thousands in the flood map danger zone

MORE than 100,000 Scottish homes and businesses are at risk of being flooded because of climate change ministers have warned.

The Scottish Government today published a detailed national map showing the areas most in danger of being deluged by rising water levels.

The document reveals that almost 12,000 properties in Glasgow and around 8,000 in Edinburgh are in officially designated flood zones.

The announcement comes on the eve of Scotland's first national summit on flooding, which aims to prevent any repeat north of the Border of the dreadful scenes witnessed in England and Wales in June.

A report launched to coincide with the publication of the map reveals that almost 4% of Scotland's 2.5 million properties are in danger of being flooded.

The map shows that 11,500 homes and 250 businesses in Glasgow are located in at-risk locations, as are 7,850 properties in Edinburgh, 3,000 in Stirling, 1,461 in Dundee and 1,042 in Aberdeen.

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