Assessing the full damage caused by Storm Babet has been made more difficult by ongoing rainfall, a Scottish Government minister has said.
Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan made the remarks during a Scottish Tory-led debate in Holyrood which branded the Government's response to the storm as "warm words".
Hundreds of residents in Brechin, Angus, were forced to flee their homes due to extensive flooding as Storm Babet battered the UK last month.
The extreme weather, which lasted between October 18 to 21, claimed the lives of seven people in the UK, including three in Scotland.
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