Environment

A new amber warning has been issued for parts of the Highlands for Saturday amid forecasts that up to 100mm could fall in places.

All Highland Council in-house bus services are set to resume, while Stagecoach announce that some services have been suspended

The A9 trunk road linking the Highlands and central belt in closed in both directions due to Storm Babet, Traffic Scotland has confirmed.

There were wide power cuts reported in parts of Sutherland, with further incidents reported to the south of Inverness and south of Aviemore.

People are being urged not to travel within or to areas covered by a red 'danger to life' warning, and have advised caution in amber and yellow areas.

A red warning for exceptional rain posing a 'danger to life' has been extended over part of the A9 trunk road linking the Highlands and central belt.

The council's own bus services will all be suspended from midday on Thursday. Stagecoach was still running its routes but advising against travel.

Lifeboat crews at the RNLI have urged people to stay away from the coast after Storm Babet hit the Highlands.

At the time of writing there were eight separate power cuts reported in the Highland Council area, with most located in communities in the west.

CalMac has cancelled all of its planned passenger ferry sailings on Thursday in response to Storm Babet.

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The Highlands were left off tables highlighting the areas facing an amber weather warning ona new Traffic Scotland webpage.

The Met Office has also upgraded rain warnings for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire to amber; after issuing a revised red alert in the Grampians.

The council said its roads department is preparing itself to respond to flooding incidents when the storm hits.

A separate yellow warning for rain elsewhere in northern Scotland has also been extended and now covers a large swathe of the Highlands and Moray.

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