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| Flooding damages city properties | Flooding damages city properties |
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| Flooding has caused severe damage to properties in Dundee city centre. | Flooding has caused severe damage to properties in Dundee city centre. |
| About 40 firefighters dealt with the deluge, which began at about 1715 BST on Thursday. The area around Commercial Street and Trades Lane was badly hit. | About 40 firefighters dealt with the deluge, which began at about 1715 BST on Thursday. The area around Commercial Street and Trades Lane was badly hit. |
| Basements were flooded, sewage was coming up through toilets and one property had a lift shaft flooded. | Basements were flooded, sewage was coming up through toilets and one property had a lift shaft flooded. |
| Firefighters tackled severe flooding which affected the railway line at Inverkeilor, near Arbroath, which resulted in trains being cancelled. | Firefighters tackled severe flooding which affected the railway line at Inverkeilor, near Arbroath, which resulted in trains being cancelled. |
| The line was expected to remain closed on Friday, with an alternative bus service being run. | The line was expected to remain closed on Friday, with an alternative bus service being run. |
| Tayside Fire and Rescue incident commander, Stewart Edgar, said it was the worst flooding he had seen in Dundee for many years. | Tayside Fire and Rescue incident commander, Stewart Edgar, said it was the worst flooding he had seen in Dundee for many years. |
| "There was a deluge of rain and that, incorporated with the high tide, produced severe flooding," he said. | "There was a deluge of rain and that, incorporated with the high tide, produced severe flooding," he said. |
| "There was about two-to-three feet of water affecting many residential and commercial properties. | "There was about two-to-three feet of water affecting many residential and commercial properties. |
| "We've got dry suits, we've got wading polls, we've got lines, we've got rescue sleds - all that equipment was put to good use." | "We've got dry suits, we've got wading polls, we've got lines, we've got rescue sleds - all that equipment was put to good use." |
| City hairdresser Karen Smith said the flooding caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to her salon, on Commercial Street. | City hairdresser Karen Smith said the flooding caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to her salon, on Commercial Street. |
| Water had to be pumped from this basement after the toilets overflowed | Water had to be pumped from this basement after the toilets overflowed |
| She said: "The water started to flood over the toilets like a river and, within about 15 minutes, it was up to about six or seven inches all through my basement. | She said: "The water started to flood over the toilets like a river and, within about 15 minutes, it was up to about six or seven inches all through my basement. |
| "My stock's ruined it's just been an absolute nightmare." | "My stock's ruined it's just been an absolute nightmare." |
| Suhail Akhtar, the managing director of SA Computer World, on Trades Lane, told the BBC Scotland news website that water flooded into his store when a customer opened the door. | |
| "It's gone right underneath the counter, right to the back wall, to the stock room," he said. | "It's gone right underneath the counter, right to the back wall, to the stock room," he said. |
| "Even with the doors locked the water kept coming in. | "Even with the doors locked the water kept coming in. |
| "I've got no idea how much it's going to cost, but I don't think I'll be open for at least a couple of weeks." | "I've got no idea how much it's going to cost, but I don't think I'll be open for at least a couple of weeks." |