Ten individuals have been airlifted to security after excessive rainfall triggered a number of landslides in Scotland.
Aerial footage shared by search and rescue helicopters confirmed soil throughout the A83 between Tarbet and Lochgilphead – with the A815 additionally affected.
Several autos have been caught, and Police Scotland advised Sky News that no accidents have been reported.
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Amber and yellow climate alerts for heavy downpours are in place throughout giant components of Scotland till Sunday morning – with a month’s value of rain anticipated to fall in a single day.
Officers are urging drivers in Argyll and Bute to not journey in any respect – with flooding reported on roads nationwide.
Rail providers have additionally been cancelled, and passengers in England are being urged to not journey to Scotland. Where providers are operating, decreased speeds are in operation.
Network Rail Scotland stated its pumps in Clydebank had been “overwhelmed” by excessive rainfall – with water rising to window stage on a prepare.
And whereas the mainline between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street had briefly been closed, engineers have now concluded it’s protected for providers to run.
Elsewhere on the trains:
• Avanti West Coast is operating no providers north of Preston, inflicting knock-on delays elsewhere
• London North Eastern Railway trains north of Newcastle have been cancelled
• TransPennine Express is urging passengers to not journey on any of its routes to Scotland
• ScotRail is warning of “significant disruption to services”, with some routes suspended
Sporting occasions have additionally been disrupted, with the third spherical of the Alfred Dunhill Links golf championship at St Andrews postponed till Sunday.
Dundee’s Scottish Premiership sport with Ross County has been known as off as a result of a waterlogged pitch, certainly one of many soccer matches affected.
Up to 180mm (8in) of rain has been forecast for components of the Highlands, in what Scottish authorities are describing as a “major rainfall event”.
Ruth Ellis, flood obligation supervisor for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, stated: “We’re likely to see extensive river and surface water flooding impacts across those areas. Danger to life, widespread property flooding, flooding of roads and disruption to infrastructure is possible.”
SEPA presently has 17 flood alerts in power – alongside 53 flood warnings.
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There is a considerable North/South divide within the climate this weekend.
Temperatures in South East England may attain 24C (75F) on Saturday and 25C (77F) on Sunday – with the Midlands and Wales additionally remaining sunny in uncommon situations for October.
Oli Claydon, a spokesman for the Met Office, stated the advantageous and settled situations will proceed all through the weekend, though there can be barely extra cloud and hazy sunshine on Sunday.
He added: “[It will be] dry for pretty much everyone in the southern half of the country and unseasonably warm temperatures as well.
“As we get into the very far North of England and into Scotland that is the place the distinction begins, with some persistent and heavy rain throughout Scotland and principally notably in western Scotland, the place we’re prone to see the best totals.”
Source: information.sky.com”