[Mike Barrio]

Ballater not looking good ........

[Jim Eddie]

I hope for the locals sake it doe not get any worse . I would not have been standing at the back of that dyke, it could go at any time

 

Jim

[Mike Barrio]

Incredible images show Cambus O' May bridge battered by raging River Dee #StormFrank https://t.co/PT9g3gnv07 pic.twitter.com/rQlJgQOGAw

— Evening Express (@EveningExpress) December 30, 2015

[Mike Barrio]

The Don is running a bit brown today, but nothing like the Dee ........

[Mike Barrio]

Feugh

[Mike Barrio]

Cambus O'May suspension bridge #stormfrank pic.twitter.com/qM6ouCXfwP

— Chris Harvey (@ChristopherHarv) December 30, 2015

[Matt Henderson]

Looking at the SEPA website it looks like the Dee went up between 2 and 4m in ~12hrs.  It must be one of the biggest spates in history.  Judging by the SEPA website it will be new record high's for most of the monitoring stations. 

This might sound like a stupid question but what created the massive change in height? Rapid snow melt combined with heavy rainfall?

Cheers

Matt

[Allan Liddle]

Crazy and a bit scary stuff

[Irvine Ross]

It is still standing but looking a bit worse for the wear. River has dropped about 2 metres

[Mike Barrio]

Great to see that it survived, it sure took a pounding!

[Rob Brownfield]

We were in Ballater yesterday helping out and it is surreal! standing by the river there were bits of caravans, clothes and even a fridge in the branches of the trees ABOVE out heads!

Lots of new sandbars/rocks in the river too, with some bends in completely different places!!
Cass has told me it is still absolutely peeing down out that way and a check on SEPA shows the Dee rising rapidly above Ballater

[Rob Brownfield]

New flood warning just issued

http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/group-id/4945

[Mike Barrio]

That's real bad news .......... New flood warnings for Inverurie today too, but not on the same scale as Ballater

[Andy Finlay]

Just had a look on the SEPA site and see the Don at Alford is the highest its been recorded. Fair amount of water coming down looking at the Strathdon images and Kintore up again.

[Mike Thornton]

The Don is off the top of the scale  for Alford, on the SEPA water level data website.

[Mike Barrio]

The roads are going to be a nightmare for folk trying to get home tonight ...... so many closed

Kintore and Inverurie both have severe flood warnings now http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/town/Inverurie

[Colin Sunley]

All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??

[Mike Barrio]

You'll be able to catch them at the bottom of your street if this keeps up Colin ...... things are getting pretty bad all over the Shire tonight

Cheers
Mike

[Jeff Donovan]

All This flooding can't be very good for this year's fishing season can't it ??

Maybe not so much for the coming season, what damage will it cause to the spawning redds & future stocks?

[Mike Barrio]

Well that was quite a night ....... I hope everybody got home OK and without any nasty surprises when they got there!

[Colin Sunley]

My folks live in Ballater an have managed to avoid the flooding in terms of a few feet away. Most of there friends have not been so lucky seeing 4ft of water in there home. Having see some of the damage caused by flooding my hart goes out to all who have been effected.

I think both the dee and don will be badly effected in the next few years even with all the talk of non returning stock.

[Rob Brownfield]

Well, living 715 feet above sea level did not help us   It is a very helpless feeling watching water running into your house.

As for the fishing...well, the Dee certainly received a stocking of Rainbows...so at least there is something to catch!!

[Colin Sunley]

Ah Rob so Sorry to hear that, am hoping there has been not too much damage and that the bounce back is swift,

[Mike Barrio]

Sorry to hear about the house Rob

[Liam Stephen]

Good luck with the clean up Rob!

Hope you catch some of those rainbows 

Liam