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Shopping centre evacuated after heavy rain and hail hit Dundee

Graeme Ogston

BBC Scotland News, Dundee

Watch as hail and rain hit the east of Scotland

Dundee’s Overgate Shopping Centre has been evacuated after heavy rain and hail caused flash flooding.

Shoppers were told to leave the centre after water started pouring down ramps to the front of the building at about 16:15.

Large hailstones, some the size of £1 coins, fell in a 20-minute burst over the city, with some roads also flooded in the city centre.

The shopping centre has been contacted for comment. The Scottish Fire and Rescue said it was not required to attend the incident.

Footage posted on social media also showed winter-like scenes in Aberdeenshire as hail storms left the the ground looking as if snow had fallen.

The downpour in Dundee started shortly before 16:00 and caused drains to overflow, forcing the drain covers onto the road in the Nethergate.

A flooded pavement with people walking outside

Heavy rain and hailstones forced the closure of the shopping centre

A hailstone next to a £1 coin

Hailstones the size of a pound coin fell on the city

Cars were seen navigating the flood water on West Marketgait, close to the city’s sheriff court.

Water pooled on tracks at Dundee Railway Station, but trains were unaffected.

Streets in the Nethergate beside the city’s V&A Museum were also affected by flooding.

Heavy rain pools on a pavement

The pavement outside the shopping centre was also affected by the flooding


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