Floods in Moray

November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Moray, Weather 

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It just wouldn’t stop raining on Sunday – and the result was a lot of flooding across North and North East Scotland, as the BBC reports:

The following roads are closed:

• The A96 at Huntly.

• The A97 at Deveron Bridge.

• The A920 Dufftown to Huntly road.

• The B993 Kemnay to Monnymusk road.

• The B977 Esht to Dunnecht road.

• The B9016 Buckie to Keith road.

• The B9170 between Inverurie and Olmeldrum and between Darra and Cummingston.

The following roads are only passable with care:

• The A98 Fraserburgh to Buckie.

• The A96 Inverurie to Huntly.

• The A93 at Banchory.

• The A941 between Rothes and Criagellachie.

In Tayside the A92 is closed at Inverkeilor, it has now re-opened at westbound traffic at Ardestie. The B955 Aylth to Meigle road is closed.

In Fife all roads are now open again although the police say they are monitoring the situation.

The following rail lines are closed due to flooding:

Forres to Aberdeen, although there are trains running between Inverness and Forres.

Services between Aberdeen and Dundee are suspended.

It was interesting to see on the SEPA website that the River Spey between Grantown and Fochabers was on flood warning – yet according to a relative in Kingston the river had broken its banks at Garmouth again, as it did during the floods at the start of September (pic above of the River Nairn at the time). Looks like even SEPA got caught out not realising that the Spey between Fochabers and Spey Bay until later on in the day.

In the meantime, after a spot of very mild weather, followed by rain, there’s a real chill on the wind as the rain dries – feels like Winter is coming on fast, and it probably won’t be long before Ben Wyvis is peaked with snow for the season.

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One Response to “Floods in Moray”

  1. Nairnac on November 7th, 2009 12:11 pm

    Plenty of water, but still nae mince in moray !

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