School pupils and commuters faced major disruption on Friday as Tayside and Fife was hit by heavy rain.
The Met Office said close to a month’s worth of rainfall had hit some areas over just 48 hours.
Rescue missions were held in Fife and Angus as homes quickly filled with floodwater.
Rest centres had to be opened in Forfar and Brechin as people in Brechin, Finavon and Tannadice were evacuated.
All schools in Brechin, Montrose, Forfar and Kirriemuir, along with many rural schools, were closed due to flooding causing access problems.
All the county’s school transport was also cancelled – with parents being asked to pick up children who had already travelled.
Scores of streets across Tayside and Fife were left under water.
That included major routes like the A90 near Stracathro, which was closed, and the A92 – which was shut between Melville Lodges and Parbroath in Fife.
In Perthshire, roads including the A93 Perth to Blairgowrie and the A913 Aberargie to Newburgh road, west of Abernethy, were closed – with several other routes said to only be passable with care.
Bus operator Stagecoach East Scotland was forced to divert or cancel several services.
Meg Milne, 63, is a resident on Low Street – an area of Perth that has been hit by flooding several times in the past.
She told The Courier: “Obviously you worry about fatalities. I’ve got pets too – I worry about them.
“I think a fatality is what it needs to take for folk to start taking flooding seriously. It’s dangerous. My home has been flooded three times in 30 years I’ve been here.
“[Compared to September] I think it could be as bad unless the rain subsides. We’ve been left to our own devices again.
“The last time we flooded it flooded my whole kitchen, my neighbour had his kitchen and living room flooded.
“They were out for seven months. If it happens again they’ll be out for Christmas.
“I absolutely feel let down, but everyone blames it on climate change.”
In Dundee there was flooding on roads including Claverhouse Road, Ballumbie Road and Strathmartine Road.
Cars also got stuck at Bell Street car park and Riverside recycling centre was closed.
One resident on Strathmartine Road said: “It looks like it’s been caused by leaves which have been backed up.
“I wouldn’t try driving through it. One car has been there since this morning, the owner obviously got unlucky.”
Deep floodwater was also reported in areas like Bridgefoot, to the north of Dundee, where locals said problems with flooding were getting worse.
Jim Clarke’s car broke down as he tried to drive through the floodwater.
He told The Courier: “There’s no signs, no warnings, no nothing.
‘I haven’t seen flooding like this before’
“It’s obviously very difficult to see with the wipers being on.
“I really don’t know what’s happened to the car. I think water has gotten into it but I don’t know.
“I haven’t seen flooding like this before.”
The fire service confirmed it had received a “high number of emergency calls” due to flooding in Brechin, Forfar and Dundee.
Meanwhile ScotRail reported “major disruption” on several routes as trains had to run at reduced speeds.
The line between Dundee and Aberdeen was shut due to “multiple” flooding sites, according to Network Rail.
ℹ️ #LNERUpdate As Network Rail continue to monitor the ongoing disruption, this is the result of the heavy rainfall between #Dundee and #Aberdeen.
For service updates and information, visit:https://t.co/5AkztKH5vN pic.twitter.com/9LHO6pheSg
— London North Eastern Railway (@LNER) November 18, 2022
The east coast mainline was flooded at Dalgety Bay but later reopened.
The chaos came as two weather warnings were in place for rain across the Tayside and Fife area.
An amber warning for rain in parts of Angus and Perthshire was extended until 9pm while a yellow warning across the wider region was in place until midnight.
Environment agency Sepa also issued a series of regional flood alerts and warnings, covering Tayside and Fife.
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