Transport

The A93 is currently closed in both directions between Potarch Bridge and Inchmarlo due to a vehicle fire.

ScotRail services between the Central Belt and Aberdeen and Inverness will return to normal from Monday following a weekend of heavy rain.

The Met Office has updated its yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the Grampian area.

The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the Grampian area.

RAIL travellers urged to plan ahead.

ScotRail is warning customers that there will be disruption to services between the Central Belt and Aberdeen and Inverness.

The Met Office has extended its yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the Grampian area until Sunday.

Road deaths in the north-east remain at the highest level in four years as 17 people were killed on routes across the region in 2022.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain in the Grampian area.

The closed section of the A90, between Forfar and Brechin, has been reopened in both directions from Dundee to Stonehaven under a contraflow.

The A90 has reopened in both directions between Dundee and Forfar and between Stonehaven and Brechin this morning.

Inspection of two high risk structures near Finavon is still outstanding as the water level is still too severe to allow any work to take place.

Inspections are being carried out on sections of the A90 before it reopens as the Met Office issues a warning for overnight freezing temperatures.

The Met Office Red Warning for Rain has now been cancelled but flooding issues remain across the area with many roads affected.

The Red Alert warning for the Angus and South Aberdeenshire area which came into effect at midnight has seen its time scale revised.

Aberdeenshire Council will be maintaining rest centres all day Saturday and overnight into Sunday for those affected by flooding.

At present as of 1.30pm the road remains closed in both directions from Forfar to Stonehaven.

Further very heavy rainfall is expected to lead to further severe flooding and disruption on Saturday.

Storm conditions affecting the north-east are set to continue with flood warnings and road closures remaining in place.

DESPITE Moray looking set to avoid the worst of Storm Babet, the council has issued advice for managing likely high winds and rain.