Flooding in Scotland has been in comparison with the notorious Beast from the East storm – as different components of the UK loved the warmest October for 5 years.
Severe flood warnings from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) saying a “risk to life” remained in place on Sunday night.
Police Scotland mentioned communities “faced some of the most challenging conditions ever”, after 10 motorists have been airlifted to security on Saturday attributable to landslides on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, which dislodged 2,000 tonnes of particles. Another 4 have been airlifted in Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute.
Comparisons have been drawn with the Beast from the East, a chilly snap in February 2018 which induced chaos in Scotland, after some areas skilled a month’s rainfall in 24 hours.
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SEPA urged anybody within the Aviemore space to keep away from floodwater, keep away from pointless dangers and adjust to any evacuation orders.
In complete, greater than 50 flood warnings are in place throughout Scotland.
It follows heavy rainfall, which began on Saturday and continued all through the night time.
“It’s been a rough weekend across Scotland, with severe weather causing widespread travel disruption to road and rail networks and impacts in communities from Greenock to Aviemore,” SEPA flood obligation supervisor Vincent Fitzsimons mentioned.
“Our teams have been working around the clock with Scottish Government and the Met Office in the lead into and across this major weather event.”
“It’s a day to stay alert, not stand down. The risk to life remains,” he added.
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Earlier the Met Office issued an amber “risk to life” alert throughout Angus, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highland which ended at 2pm.
Although the rain is predicted to subside all through the afternoon, ScotRail has mentioned extreme disruption is predicted to proceed all through the day, with numerous traces closed and velocity restrictions nonetheless in place.
It mentioned important checks to traces have been being carried out earlier than trains might run and is urging passengers to examine earlier than travelling.
Lines closed all through Sunday included Edinburgh/Glasgow to Inverness, Aberdeen to Inverurie, and Inverness to Elgin.
Quite a lot of occasions throughout Scotland have been additionally referred to as off on Saturday because of the climate.
The third spherical of the Alfred Dunhill Links golf championship at St Andrews was postponed.
Source: information.sky.com”