• A swollen river is being searched for a missing person.
• Police received a complaint about a person in the water.
• Heavy rain and high winds lashed Scotland and the North East of England.

A swollen river is being searched for a missing person.

Police in Aberdeenshire have received a complaint of a ‘person in the water.’

Heavy rain and high winds lashed Scotland and the North East of England throughout the day.

Several villages face flooding as weather warnings continue.

After serious flood warnings, Aberdeenshire offered shelters.

Aberdeenshire Council said river levels won’t peak until later and provided sandbags to safeguard properties.

Aberdeen Coastguard said a ‘police-led’ search was underway.

Emergency services are at the River Don at Monymusk after a report of a person in the water around 3.05pm on Friday, 18 November 2022.

Internet is down in Inverurie, Kintore, Stonehaven, Portlethen, and Hatton of Fintray.

Charr, Aberdeenshire, had 140 mm of rain overnight, according to the Met Office.

Heavy and continuous rain overnight has led to significant increases in river levels across the east of Scotland, said Vincent Fitzsimons, flood duty manager for Sepa.

Some sections of Scotland have already had a month’s worth of rain this week, and more is expected Friday and Saturday.

Severe Flood Warnings have been issued for Aberdeenshire and Angus riverbank communities.

Keith Brown, Scotland’s justice secretary, and resilience minister chaired a resilience committee meeting on Friday.

He asked people to ‘take extreme care and not walk or drive in flood water.

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