:00:00. > :00:00.they might be stirred. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. I like
:00:00. > :00:18.your Two severe flood warnings -
:00:19. > :00:22.meaning there's a risk to life - remain in place in parts
:00:23. > :00:24.of north-eastern Scotland. Dozens of people had
:00:25. > :00:26.to leave their homes in Aberdeenshire, after heavy rain
:00:27. > :00:28.caused rivers to overflow, and further south, snow has been
:00:29. > :00:30.adding to the problems. In a moment, Steven Godden in Ellon,
:00:31. > :00:37.but our reporter John McManus has been in Port Elphinstone,
:00:38. > :00:51.near Inverurie. Port Elphinstone this morning,
:00:52. > :00:55.another north-east town hit by flooding. Several streets recovering
:00:56. > :01:01.from the onslaught last night by the River Don. Hundreds of people have
:01:02. > :01:03.evacuated their homes, but this morning, emergency workers and
:01:04. > :01:08.others were concerned about some of them. I am checking on one of our
:01:09. > :01:13.service users, I hung a carer and I am checking that she is OK. Have you
:01:14. > :01:18.managed to contact? The firemen are looking in the house at the moment.
:01:19. > :01:24.Laura McIntosh's ground floor flat was inundated. I saw the water
:01:25. > :01:29.rising onto the pavement outside and we thought, get out. She heard the
:01:30. > :01:36.flood warnings and try to prepare. There was no time to get sandbags.
:01:37. > :01:39.We just packed a few things and left basically. It was not until this
:01:40. > :01:43.morning that we knew that there were reports getting everything out of
:01:44. > :01:48.the flats. This is what she was escaping. The River Don sweeping
:01:49. > :01:55.through the town. Families grabbing what they could and then being
:01:56. > :02:02.ferried out on ambulances. Inevitably, there was confusion.
:02:03. > :02:07.Roots to the emergency centre where blocked by the water. This is
:02:08. > :02:11.unprecedented. Inevitably, it all comes down to what you can do to
:02:12. > :02:16.prevent it. I am not sure measures could have stopped this. Beasley,
:02:17. > :02:21.longer term, people will want to look at the river management. After
:02:22. > :02:24.a succession of devastating floods, local and national politicians are
:02:25. > :02:27.under pressure to provide guarantees. They are finding it
:02:28. > :02:37.increasingly hard to explain things like this do voters. It's the # its
:02:38. > :02:42.riverside location would normally be eight source of envy what it was
:02:43. > :02:49.danger with water surrounding the sows and everyone inside.
:02:50. > :02:53.It was coming in the house along Bob Doris, the garage and the house. We
:02:54. > :02:59.could not stand it. This video captures the rapid rise. Water
:03:00. > :03:03.levels peeking around 5am. Serious consequences for those living close
:03:04. > :03:08.to the river. It is the middle of the afternoon
:03:09. > :03:12.and the streets and pavements are flooded. 12 hours ago the situation
:03:13. > :03:16.was much worse. The water coming up over this wall behind me, forcing
:03:17. > :03:24.the residents in these homes to leave. Inside, the dirty water
:03:25. > :03:29.claimed furniture and possessions, Alastair Campbell returning home
:03:30. > :03:39.briefly to salvage what he could. Pretty much what I expected, to be
:03:40. > :03:48.honest. At the moment, I am just shell-shocked. We are grabbing what
:03:49. > :03:52.we can before things go mouldy. Having helped evacuate scores of
:03:53. > :03:58.homes, firefighters turned their attention to Ellon's power supply.
:03:59. > :04:04.If flooded substation left around 150 houses without electricity.
:04:05. > :04:09.What kind of morning has it been? I just love on my own. I have done
:04:10. > :04:14.everything I could. For the main bread in the town, the
:04:15. > :04:17.sites were so unusual, they drew a crowd, among them, local
:04:18. > :04:22.schoolchildren who were given an unexpected day off.
:04:23. > :04:28.It was nearly flooded, our school. What have you done instead? We went
:04:29. > :04:30.for a walk. Has that been better than going to school?
:04:31. > :04:37.Yes. The worst is over, the people in the
:04:38. > :04:38.Northeast left to pick up the pieces, hoping that unwanted
:04:39. > :04:44.spectacle does not return. There been has heavy rain for days
:04:45. > :04:46.across Aberdeenshire, For many people, that has
:04:47. > :04:49.meant travel disruption, as roads have been submerged
:04:50. > :04:52.and rail lines blocked. Huw Williams joined a Network Rail
:04:53. > :05:06.survey team flying north from Perth From 1500 feet up and more than 100
:05:07. > :05:07.mph as the network real helicopter headed from Perth, it looks like
:05:08. > :05:10.there is water everywhere. There has headed from Perth, it looks like
:05:11. > :05:19.been particular concern about this bridge. It was up to see but level,
:05:20. > :05:25.so just below the real. It is needed to be checked on a regular basis,
:05:26. > :05:29.just to ensure there was no movement in the storms underneath the track
:05:30. > :05:37.that was supporting embankments and to make sure there was no damage to
:05:38. > :05:40.little carving below the water. That is not the main objective of
:05:41. > :05:45.the survey today, even before we set off, it was clear the priority had
:05:46. > :05:49.to be a landslip at this tunnel. There has been a lot of debris
:05:50. > :05:54.falling onto the track, including some large trees. The staff on site
:05:55. > :05:58.are dealing with that. But we are going to look at the rest of the
:05:59. > :06:06.line that perhaps staff have not been able to get to and we can
:06:07. > :06:10.target any responses ground crews to go to specific sites. Engineers are
:06:11. > :06:13.working now to clear the problems, but train services between Inverness
:06:14. > :06:18.and the central belt have been disrupted and there are still Road
:06:19. > :06:21.closures in force. The A90 near Peterhead was shot in both
:06:22. > :06:24.directions by flood water and dozens of minor roads are still affected.
:06:25. > :06:29.Huw Williams, Reporting Scotland. As much of the country was trying
:06:30. > :06:32.to cope with the floods, Police said at one point,
:06:33. > :06:36.around 50 cars were stuck on the A7 between Langholm and Longtown
:06:37. > :06:38.in Dumfries and Galloway. The A68 near Jedburgh was also
:06:39. > :06:41.blocked by vehicles There have been heavy falls
:06:42. > :06:45.across Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, Snow also fell in Central Scotland,
:06:46. > :06:49.affecting some of the high points Health experts and charities
:06:50. > :06:57.in Scotland have welcomed It's now recommended that men
:06:58. > :07:06.and women drink no more than 14 units a week,
:07:07. > :07:09.with some alcohol-free days. It's less than was previously
:07:10. > :07:23.recommended, and a dramatic I think the Chief Medical Officer 's
:07:24. > :07:26.are supportive of multiple types of risks and trying to restrict alcohol
:07:27. > :07:30.consumption. I think we have to think what works and what will cause
:07:31. > :07:35.behavioural change. We have had great success in Scotland with
:07:36. > :07:39.banning our multi-buy promotions with our drink-drive limit being
:07:40. > :07:43.lowered. We have these discussions Anna Crossley for UK countries as to
:07:44. > :07:47.what will work best to reduce people's consumption.
:07:48. > :07:50.Football, and the first match of the Scottish Cup fourth
:07:51. > :07:53.St Mirren lost 2-1 against Partick Thistle in Paisley.
:07:54. > :08:01.Here's Christopher now with the weekend weather forecast.
:08:02. > :08:09.Any happy tidings for us? Not so much rain!
:08:10. > :08:16.Yes, snow earlier this afternoon and this evening for Southern parts of
:08:17. > :08:21.the country. Thank you to both our weather watcher for this picture. It
:08:22. > :08:29.is a cold night. This is our temperatures.
:08:30. > :08:36.-- Bob. Tomorrow morning, a few showers across the mainland. Watch
:08:37. > :08:40.down South, the next area of rain starts to arrive and pushes and
:08:41. > :08:44.words the central belt. The hills and the high routes will be
:08:45. > :08:48.affected. The central Lowlands will have the ring. Low pressure in
:08:49. > :08:58.charge across the UK. Bands of showers. It will be a cold afternoon
:08:59. > :09:02.for us in Scotland. Here is a snapshot mid-afternoon. Drying up
:09:03. > :09:08.across the South. Temperature is OK down towards Stranraer but for many
:09:09. > :09:12.three or four or five Celsius. Wet for the Northeast. Snow across the
:09:13. > :09:15.health and the higher ground. A few showers in the North West, some
:09:16. > :09:22.sunshine for shipment, but rain coming in. Into the evening, the
:09:23. > :09:25.next line of rain arrives and it is marching northwards. As it reaches
:09:26. > :09:29.the Northeast, a yellow warning in force because of the amount of
:09:30. > :09:33.flooding in recent days. For the rainfall is unwelcome. For Sunday,
:09:34. > :09:37.will pressure is in charge. Bands of showers across the UK. In Scotland,
:09:38. > :09:40.most of the wet weather is thankfully in the North West, away
:09:41. > :09:44.from the ground in the North East. Again, there will be snow across the
:09:45. > :09:53.hills and higher-level road routes. But the Central Lowlands and the
:09:54. > :09:54.South, temperatures up a notch, but it will be breezier.
:09:55. > :09:58.Our next update is at ten past five tomorrow evening.
:09:59. > :10:02.But from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow and around