Summers that will kill thousands… - Scotsman.com News
He added that he thought the agriculture sector, particularly in Fife, Perthshire and the Lothians, could also suffer, because of drought.
And he said there could be situations where water supplies to houses would have to be closed off due to shortages.
People would have to use buckets to take their allocation from a central supply.
"It's not that people will keel over and die because they haven't got enough water because extra supplies will be brought in.
"However, in the 21st century, the idea of having to collect it in buckets is quite scary."
He claimed transport would also be affected.
"Trains may have to travel more slowly because the rails get too warm and start to buckle. And on the roads, there would be more landslides and floods."
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