WATCH: Fresh yellow weather warning issued by Met Office for parts of the Highlands; heavy rain expected to hit Easter Ross, the Black Isle, Inverness, the Great Glen and parts of Sutherland and Caithness
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YET another bout of heavy rain is set to deluge Highland communities overnight and into tomorrow, the Met Office has warned.
The national forecaster has issued another yellow alert for heavy rain across much of the region from 6pm tonight (Monday). The alert will remain in place until 9pm on Tuesday.
"An area of persistent and heavy rain will spread in from the east on Monday evening, lasting much of the night before turning showery on Tuesday," said a spokesman.
"Some 20-30mm will fall quite widely across the area with some hilly areas possibly catching 40-50mm. Further showers through the day could bring another 10-15mm in places. With the ground already saturated this is likely to lead to flooding in a few areas."
The alert covers Easter Ross, Inverness, the Black Isle, Loch Ness, Nairn, most of Caithness, swathes of Sutherland, and the Cairngorms. Further afield it extends across all of Moray and Aberdeenshire, and parts of Angus.
The public have been warned that bus and train services might be affected, and that spray and flooding on roads could make journey times longer.
The warning follows a spate of recent alerts last week for snow, heavy rain and ice.
The saturated ground caused a landslide in Strathglass on Saturday morning, blocking part of the A831 near Cannich.
And rail services were also affected, with a landslip near Keith causing disruption to Inverness-Aberdeen services on Saturday.
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