PEOPLE living in areas hit by red weather warnings are being urged not to travel amid the"very serious situation".
On Thursday evening, as hundreds of people were evacuated due to flood fears in Brechin, First Minister Humza Yousaf said the Government had completed a Resilience Meeting about the situation. Robison said: “We are only at the start of this weather event – that’s really important for people to appreciate.
Two further rest centres are being prepared in Aberdeenshire, for residents unable to remain in their homes. Elsewhere nearly 20,000 properties in Scotland had electricity cut off, according to a power company. Andy Smith, operations director at SSEN distribution, said: “Storm Babet has tracked as expected so far, with wind gusts in excess of 70mph across the north-east and Angus.