Transport

Huge disruption from Storm Floris is expected to continue today (Tuesday) with a massive clear-up underway across the Highlands and north of Scotland.

Railway lines in the west and north of Scotland will close from noon.

Storm Floris weather warnings for the Highlands have been upgraded to amber - with 80 to 90mph gusts “likely” on “exposed coasts, hills and bridges”.

Electrical engineers have been placed on yellow alert amid a “growing likelihood” that Storm Floris will spark Highland power cuts.

The Met Office has warned that inland gusts of 60-70mph will be possible, and up to 85mph “along exposed Scottish coastlines and hills”.

Police have urged motorists to check dash-cam footage following the crash on a stretch of the A9 north of the House of Bruar.

Chaos at airports across the UK caused by a massive air traffic control failure could have a knock-on impact on Highland air travellers.

A 29-year-old woman has died this morning in a car crash on the A9

Police are appealing for wtitnesses and dashcam of crash on A96 east of Forres

Police have appealed for dashcam footage for on-going investigation

Heavy rain and flooding are set to cause disruption on Highland train lines between tonight and tomorrow morning.

Police are “increasingly concerned” for the welfare of a missing Highland man who has not been seen since a sighting on the rail network on Friday.

“Keep windows and doors closed” plea as barley and forestry burns.

Appliances from Inverness, Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey and Forres were scrambled to the scene at 2.35pm amid an active extreme wildfire warning.

The warning is in force on Saturday and Sunday, amid forecasts for locally persistent rainfall in some parts of Highland and Moray.

Police Scotland closed the road at Logie while fire teams extinguished a blaze at Dava.

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Emergency services have scrambled to the scene after an overturned vehicle closed the A9 in both directions between Slochd and Carrbridge.

Works starting Sunday 20 July for 10 nights

Firefighters have been battling through the night to extinguish a wildfire that last night closed the A940 Forres to Dava road.