Flood watches have been put in place on many of Scotland's rivers tonight as heavy rain continues to fall across large parts of the country.

The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for areas including the Highlands, Grampian, Tayside and Fife.

Water levels are being monitored on 20 rivers across the country including Aberdeen’s River Dee.

Nigel Goody of SEPA said: "The rainfall unfortunately is forecast to continue and in fact the Met Office have recently issued a heavy rainfall warning for the Highlands - 25mm across the area with up to 40 mm on some of the hills.

“It will obviously continue to lead to surface water flooding and potentially transport problems as well."

The rain wreaked havoc on roads throughout the country – fortunately no one was injured in a four vehicle pile up on the A90 outside Aberdeen on Thursday morning.

Police are advising all motorists to take extra care on their journeys and to avoid standing water on roads.