Flood warnings have been put in place across Scotland as the country prepares to be hit by Storm Ashley.

It comes as gusts of up to 80mph could hit the country and there are fears flooding could follow on Sunday and Monday throughout Scotland.

The Highlands and Islands are most likely to be hit with amber warnings in place for Caithness and Sutherland, Skye and Lochaber, Wester Ross and Western Isles on Sunday.

SEPA is also warning that the west of Scotland could also be affected, as could places such as Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.

It has put yellow warnings in place for Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City, Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee and Angus, Easter Ross and Great Glen, Fife, Findhorn Nairn Moray and Speyside, Orkney, Shetland, Tayside and West Central Scotland.

Amber warnings mean flooding affecting parts of the community, danger to life and damage to buildings and disruption to infrastructure are all ‘likely’ rather than ‘possible’ when it’s a yellow warning.

On its website, a statement said: “Coastal flooding impacts are likely around much of the coast around the times of high tide.

“The period of greatest risk is around high tide between Sunday evening and early Monday morning, when significant coastal impacts are likely in the north west of Scotland, including the Western Isles, and could occur elsewhere.”