Storm Babet Live Updates: Travel disruption and weather warmings in Glasgow

The rain is set to pour down on Glasgow over the weekend with Friday getting the brunt of the bad weather with the Met Office reporting that winds could reach up to 45 miles per hour.
By Paul Trainer , Declan McConville
Published 20th Oct 2023, 12:04 BST
Updated 20th Oct 2023, 12:06 BST
Flooding in East Kilbride. Photo: John DevlinFlooding in East Kilbride. Photo: John Devlin
Flooding in East Kilbride. Photo: John Devlin

Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “We’re going to see prolonged heavy rain, where we could see 200 to 250 millimetres of rain falling within a day which is well over a month’s worth of rainfall for eastern parts of Scotland.

“We’re likely to see flooding, power disruption, travel disruption, there is a risk to life as well.

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“There’s also an amber wind warning out for eastern parts of Scotland, where we could see gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour, just adding to the extremely dangerous weather coming for parts of Scotland.”

Storm Babet Glasgow

Fri, 20 Oct, 2023, 12:05 BST

Train travel

Trains services are currently running from Glasgow Queen Street station but some services have already been cancelled with passengers being advised to plan ahead.

Until early Saturday 21 October, services between Aberdeen and Elgin, Perth and Aberdeen via Dundee, Dunblane and Perth, Perth and Aviemore have all been suspended.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2023, 12:40 BST

Met Office issue second red warning for rain

The Met Office has just issued an unprecedented second red warning for rain which is two in the space of two days.

It covers parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire with further heavy rain expected beginning overnight tonight and throughout tomorrow.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2023, 15:15 BST

SPFL postpone fixtures due to Storm Babet

The matches postponed across the SPFL include:

cinch Premiership

Aberdeen v Dundee

St Johnstone v Motherwell

cinch Championship

Arbroath v Raith Rovers

cinch League 1

Cove Rangers v Montrose

cinch League 2

Elgin City v Forfar Athletic

Stenhousemuir v Peterhead

The SPFL will continue to monitor the situation involving remaining fixtures across the country, and new dates for postponed fixtures will be announced in due course.

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