The street was left strewn with debris and covered in silt on Saturday, with many homes damaged by water in the lower floors.
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 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. Business owner Fred Murray said he had been “frustrated” by the lack of action and decided to go ahead with the work without the council’s permission. The water had warped the flooring and knocked over large freezers, while much of the furniture was covered in river silt.
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