The Met Office’s red weather warning now ends at 6pm.
Forecasters have brought forward the end of the red danger to life weather warning in Scotland by six hours, but authorities remain braced for further flooding on Saturday afternoon.
The agency’s flood manager warned of a “difficult day ahead”, with a particular watch in Brechin, Angus – where hundreds of people had to leave flooded homes – and some areas near the River Don in Aberdeenshire. Warning the area is in “the middle of a very serious emergency”, the local authority urged people to leave their homes if they think they are in danger of flooding or have been told to evacuate.
Humza Yousaf posted on X, formerly Twitter: “A red weather Warning remains in place for Angus & parts of Aberdeenshire. “There will be a second peak on large rivers, including the South Esk in Brechin and North Esk and we are also monitoring the River Don closely and there will be further surface water flooding.”Waves at Stonehaven Harbour during Storm Babet
Jim Savege, Aberdeenshire Council chief executive, said there was a low level of incidents overnight and the areas’s five rest centres have “not been used that much”.
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