A woman has been reportedly swept into the River Don in Aberdeenshire as widespread flooding hit Scotland, police have said
Aberdeenshire Council warned that river levels will peak later on Friday, with sandbag points set up in the region to protect from floodwaters.
Meanwhile a yellow rain warning is also in place along the Scottish east coast from the English border up to Peterhead until 6pm on Friday. South of the border in northeast England, hundreds of people were left stranded at Newcastle rail station due to the cancelled services heading north to Scotland.
Queues stretched hundreds of metres down the street outside the station and spiralled around the concourse inside He said:"Rain should ease later in the day but because of the delayed reaction of rivers to rain, some flooding events could still happen.Yesterday flooding was seen further south with motorists warned to stay off the roads in Leicestershire
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