Shopping centre evacuated after heavy rain and hail hit Dundee

A Dundee shopping centre was evacuated and an Aberdeenshire road has been closed by a mudslide after some unseasonal weather hit parts of Scotland.

Shoppers were told to leave the Overgate centre after water started pouring down ramps to the front of the building at about 16:15.

Large hailstones, some the size of £1 coins, fell in a 20-minute burst over the city, with some roads also flooded in the city centre.

Part of Aberdeenshire were also hit by powerful hailstorms, and a section of the A97 has been closed following a mudslide.

Footage posted on social media showed winter-like scenes in Aberdeenshire as hail storms left the the ground looking as if snow had fallen.

Police Scotland said the A97 Dinnet to Glenbuchat road was closed in both directions between Logie Coldstone and the junction with the B9119, Tarland Road, following a mudslide.

Drivers have been advised to avoid the area.

The downpour in Dundee started shortly before 16:00 and caused drains to overflow, forcing the drain covers onto the road in the Nethergate.

Cars were seen navigating the flood water on West Marketgait, close to the city’s sheriff court.

Water pooled on tracks at Dundee Railway Station, but trains were unaffected.

Streets in the Nethergate beside the city’s V&A Museum were also affected by flooding.