Hundreds of homes throughout the northeast are thought to be flooded by the torrential conditions that hit the country on Thursday.
Rescue efforts have been stepped up as a Scots village has been cut off by floodwater during Storm Babet.
The local authority confirmed some homes in Monifieth, near Dundee, will also be evacuated, while others have been rescued in Marykirk, on the border with Aberdeenshire. One Angus village, Edzell, is completely cut off by floodwater, with the emergency services unable to get through and the only emergency medical access via air ambulance.
She said the council and partners are looking ahead to the weekend, warning it is “not an improving picture as yet”. She said more than 50 people were in the rest centre in Brechin, with 17 in the one in Montrose and nine in the one in Forfar.“It would be awful. Your house flooded, your belongings, the impact emotionally and physically and everything that goes with that.
He said: “It will be hard for some people to leave their homes but they absolutely need to do so if asked.” He also thanked council staff, he said: “They have been absolutely knocking their pan in .”
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