Flood alerts for Badenoch and Strathspey were well-founded

Photographers around the strath have been out with their cameras and phones over the last few hours to confirm that the warnings were all well-based about the rising Spey and its tributaries. The rain is still falling after unbroken hours over the hills, inundating sports venues, side streets, trunk roads and the Highland Main Line, where no trains have run today for fear of the landslides which have struck just south of the area and in large numbers.

Here's a selection of local shots which give a very accurate picture of the current situation of 'Badenoch – the drowned land' and Strathspey just north of it.

More later today.

Photos: Aidan Woods, David MacLeod, Tom Ramage, Stewart Harvie

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