The Met Office has issued another red weather warning in Scotland for Saturday, saying further very heavy rainfall could lead to more severe flooding and disruption.
The forecaster said: “Prolonged and very heavy rain is expected to develop across parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire area throughout Saturday, in areas already affected by severe flooding.
“Accumulations of 70-100mm are expected over a period of 18-24 hours, the highest accumulations over the hills.
“Less rainfall is expected around coastal areas, but impacts from the higher rainfall further west will extend towards the coast.”
READ MORE: Storm Babet claims second victim after van driver killed by falling tree
The warning covers all day on Saturday.
First Minister Humza Yousaf warned the further red warning issued by the Met Office would “intensify” the disruption caused by torrential rain from Storm Babet.
Mr Yousaf posted on X, formerly Twitter, regarding the “further red weather warning issued by @metoffice for Saturday”.
He told people this would “intensify the disruption already being experienced”.
⚠️⚠️🔴 Red weather warning issued🔴⚠️⚠️
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 20, 2023
Exceptionally heavy and persistent rain across eastern Scotland
Saturday 0000 – 2359
Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs
Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/30IaJ7E00H
Mr Yousaf said the Scottish Government would continue to liaise with local organisations and the emergency services. “People’s safety is our number one priority,” he stressed.
It comes as Storm Babet claimed its second victim in Scotland after police confirmed that a falling tree hit a van near Forfar on Thursday, killing the driver.
Officers were called to a report of a one-vehicle crash on the B9127 at Whigstreet just after 5pm on Thursday.
Emergency services also attended and the driver of the van, a 56-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the man’s next of kin have been informed. A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here