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Minister to visit storm-hit area Minister visits storm-hit north
(about 5 hours later)
The deputy environment minister is to visit Dingwall to see the extent of the damage caused by recent floods. The deputy environment minister has visited Dingwall to see the extent of the damage caused by recent floods.
Rhona Brankin will be accompanied by Highland Council convenor Alison Magee and local councillor Caroline Wilson during the visit on Sunday afternoon. Rhona Brankin met many of the residents affected by the flood, including a woman who had seen water levels rise as high as her kitchen windowsill.
Many people had to be rescued from their homes after torrential rain caused chaos on Thursday and Friday. Another resident revealed how his garden had been "swept away".
Clean-up operations were under way across the north, north east and the Northern Isles. Many people had to be rescued from their homes after torrential rain caused chaos across the north on Thursday and Friday.
Scottish Hydro Electric said the final few customers still cut off after the storms should be reconnected during the weekend, and roads in the area were getting back to normal. The minister was accompanied by Highland Council convenor Alison Magee and local councillor Caroline Wilson during the visit.
However, the A9 was to be closed from 1200 GMT to 1500 GMT on Sunday, between Portgower and Helmsdale, for essential repairs to be carried out by Network Rail to the railway line. Scottish Hydro Electric said the majority of customers cut off after the storms were reconnected during the weekend.
The response to the floods has been criticised by some politicians, including John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, who said he wanted to see more help for flooded communities. Roads in the area were back to normal. The A9 had been closed on Sunday afternoon, between Portgower and Helmsdale, for essential repairs to be carried out by Network Rail to the railway line.
The response to the floods was criticised by some politicians, including John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, who said he wanted to see more help for flooded communities.