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Heavy rains brought a series of localised floods on Wednesday, causing damage to property and flooding roads. In Hillswick the workshop of local businesswoman Esmé Wilcock was flooded. On the Facebook page for her business, Jewellery Made by Shetland, she reported that the combination of a "clou... Read more...
Around 30 houses lost their water supply after a digger broke a water main above Duke Street in Hamnavoe, Burra, on Saturday afternoon. Householders below the street used battons and sandbags to divert the water that had flooded gardens and was coursing down the hill and along the road. Ironic... Read more...
Fire services were busy last night as flooding affected several properties in the west and south Mainland. At 7.16pm the Sandwick fire brigade were called to a house at Fladdabister where they pumped water from behind and beneath the building and diverted water to a nearby drain. Bixter fire b... Read more...