Communities in Scotland are braced for more flooding after Storm Babet brought “unprecedented” rainfall and a red warning was extended.Rescues took place throughout Friday as hundreds of houses were flooded after the River South Esk breached its banks.
The River Don is expected to flood after the Met Office red warning was extended while the A90 remains closed and 35,000 homes lost power on Friday, according to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks . Scottish Fire and Rescue Service responded to nearly 70 weather-related crises. The mother-of-one, who works as a teaching excellence fellow at Robert Gordon University, said the village becomes inaccessible to emergency services during flooding, and the community pulled together to plan preventative measures.Dr Work said: “We are as prepared as we can be. Most of us will be very vigilant overnight.
“Cars weren’t able to get in or out of Edzell for a certain period of time during these floods. There’s no access for emergency services, that’s why we work so closely with the Scottish Flood Forum, Angus Council, Sepa and the Met Office.” “We are at the foot of a glen, there is a little stream which is practically bursting, and there is the North Esk.A 200-year-old bridge on the Rottal Estate in Angus was washed away by torrential flood water, while a road in Marykirk, Aberdeenshire, where some houses were evacuated, also collapsed.
“Around half the average monthly rainfall for October is expected to fall through tonight and tomorrow in areas that have already been severely affected by exceptional levels of rainfall.
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