Journey continues to be disrupted after a day of heavy rain throughout components of Scotland – when an individual was swept into water.
Emergency providers had been known as to the River Don in Inverurie in Aberdeenshire on Friday afternoon after a report of somebody in problem.
It got here after heavy rain battered a lot of the east of Scotland, with a number of extreme flood warnings issued.
Rail providers in a few of worst affected locations had been unable to run, with operator ScotRail saying the “excessive rainfall” means it’s “unlikely” trains in some areas will restart earlier than 12pm on Saturday.
After “yesterday’s excessive rainfall, providers on the Fife Circle & between Aberdeen & Dundee are unlikely to start out earlier than midday at present”, it tweeted.
Workers from Community Rail have to assess situations on the rails in daylight, it added.
Torrential rain hit a lot of the north east of Scotland, with roads and rail journey impacted, colleges closed and centres arrange for these unable to remain of their properties.
Energy cuts additionally affected areas together with Inverurie, Kintore, Stonehaven, Portlethen and Hatton of Fintray, because the Met Workplace mentioned over a month’s rain had fallen in Charr in Aberdeenshire, with the whole recorded as 140 millimetres.
There was localised flooding in some components of Edinburgh, with photos displaying the Crewe Toll roundabout within the west of town submerged.
On Friday night, justice secretary and lead minister for resilience, Keith Brown, chaired a gathering of the Scottish Authorities’s resilience committee.
He mentioned: “The Scottish Authorities’s resilience preparations have been activated to make sure preparations and applicable measures are in place, and we are going to proceed to watch the state of affairs over the course of the weekend.
“We’re in shut contact with resilience companions, native authorities and the emergency providers to make sure folks within the affected areas obtain the newest info, recommendation and help the place wanted.”