River Street and nearby areas in Brechin were inundated with water.
Sandbags have been placed along a breached river wall in Brechin to try to prevent another deluge after the town was hit by “devastating” flooding from Storm Babet.
The street was left strewn with debris and covered in silt on Saturday, with many homes damaged by water in the lower floors.Almost all residents had left after being advised to evacuate or were rescued by emergency workers.The unprecedented water levels of the river overtopped a flood defence wall installed in 2016, and an older section of the river wall was swept away.
He said: “We do a lot of work for oil and gas and wind farms, so we have an indication of what things are needed.”The street was left strewn with debris on Saturday morning
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