Dozens of roads across the north have been closed after severe weather this morning and overnight.
Highland Council have issued a warning to motorists to drive carefully, saying that most culverts in the region have overtopped, leaving debris on roads.
The council have said that most routes are passable with care, but have urged drivers to pay attention to road closure signs.
The area has been battered by high winds and heavy rain overnight and this morning.
Roads affected throughout the region are as follows:
North area
o A838 Durness to Tongue road closed due to erosion at south end of Loch Eriboll (Polla), plus landslip at Laid
o A836 Tongue-Thurso road at Clachan, Bettyhill – verge eroded but passable with care.
o C1034 Altnaharra to Hope road, closed due to erosion at Strathmore Lodge
o B873 Altnaharra to Syre road closed at Grumbeg Bridge. Water is overtopping the bridge.
o U1623 Manse Road, Tongue closed due to erosion.
o B817 Skiach to Evanton is closed due to fallen trees.
o Road closure due to flooding at Clynelish Distillery. A wall has fallen down and there are large volumes of water and debris flowing down the road.
o Gordonbush Road closed due to extensive flooding.
o Oykel closed due to flooding.
o Trees down by Edderton.
o Extensive flooding and fallen trees along the roads to Seaboard Villages.
o Trees down Embo to Dornoch.
o Flooding on the B869 Clashmore to Drumbeg.
o Trees are also down at Osprey House but council call centre Staff are able to access the call centre.
o Trees are also down in Ross Crescent, Milton and along Alness Main Street near the Morven House Hotel.
o Flooding is also affecting Smelter Road, Invergordon around the industrial link road.
Skye and Wester Ross:
o No issues are reported on Skye. The A832 is closed at Ardessie, Dundonnel.
Inverness:
o Minor flooding issues are reported across the Inverness area but at this time no road closures known about.
Badenoch and Strathspey
o B9152 road at the Wildlife Park is closed due to high water levels.
o A938 road west of Duthil closed and expected to reopen later this morning once traffic signals are installed.
o Gynack Burn, Kingussie is very high and there is local flooding within Kingussie. Council offices at Kingussie Station are inaccessible due to flooding in the car park – calls are being redirected. The service Point is not due to open until 2pm and the situation is being reviewed this morning.
There are no issues reported in Fort William or Nairn Areas.