Glasgow man used kayak to escape home after being 'trapped'

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Glasgow man used kayak to escape home after being 'trapped'
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itemprop=description content=The 32-year-old said the road was prone to flooding and he had needed to replace three cars in two years due to water damage.

Michael Paterson, from Barmulloch, paddled away from his home in a kayak after Leadburn Road flooded on Saturday after heavy downpours.

“Myself and others have lost cars or have had to pay for damages – I have lost three cars due to this.”He said: “The council is taking no responsibility and the issue with the drainage has been ongoing for a matter of years. A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said staff have “worked round the clock” to clear the water after it received 91 reports of flooding on Saturday.

“We received 91 different reports of flooding in Glasgow over the course of Saturday and our teams worked round the clock through difficult conditions to get all of these incidents cleared.”

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