Hundreds of people have been asked to evacuate their homes as Storm Babet hits Scotland.
With high winds and increasingly heavy rain expected, residents in Brechin are being urged to move to safer ground as emergency services prepare for what they say could be a challenging night ahead.
Members of police, ambulance and transport bodies all actively monitoring the conditions across the country.
The official Red warning from the Met office for severe rainfall launched just minutes ago and the focus is very much on parts of the north east where we have been told we could see exceptional amounts of rain and possible flooding.
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