Landslips, road floods and trains off – Scotland’s persistent rain …

The agency charged with responding to incidents caused by the Amber weather alert says conditions are making it too unsafe to start a clear up.

Stein Connelly from Transport Scotland told BBC Scotland news that his staff had faced "very challenging conditions".

He said that it was particularly hard in the Argyll and Bute area, where the A815 and the A83 were currently closed.

Connelly said: “It’s unsafe for the operatives to go in and clear some landslips that we have had their and so this is going to last for quite some time.

"Reportedly we have had approximately one month of rain in 24 hours so it has been extremely challenging.”

He added: “The police message is avoid travel if you can, especially in Argyll and Bute. In the other areas we are saying it’s a high risk of disruption.”

At the moment with the heavy rainfall it is unsafe to let the operatives go in and try to clear these landslides and that’s what gives us an issue."