Scotland's papers: Battered by Babet and fears war could spread
Storm Babet makes many of the papers this morning as the country wakes up to the impact of the red weather warning. The Daily Record goes with the headline "Battered by Babet" and reports on "death and chaos" after a month's rain fell in one day and a woman died after being swept away north of Brechin.
An identical headline was chosen by the Scottish Sun which pictures huge waves crashing over the harbour wall in Stonehaven. The lead story says hundreds of homes were evacuated on Thursday and tens of thousands suffered power cuts.
"Get out now" says the Metro's headline as it describes the rush to get people out of their homes in Angus as the severe weather hit. It also shows an image of a man trying to protect his home with sandbags in Brechin before the worst of the weather.
The Courier leads with the woman who was swept away in flood water at the Water of Lee north of Brechin. It also reports that some residents in Brechin stayed at home in confusion over an evacuation order.
The P&J concentrates on the north-east and the power cuts affecting thousands of residents. It also looks at rest centres set up for those who had to leave their homes and pictures massive waves already bashing the coast on Thursday.
"Deadly Babet blasts Britain" says the headline in the Scottish Daily Express with a dramatic image of waves crashing over Stonehaven harbour. The report says that the danger to life warning was extended to cover parts of Perthshire and Dundee as well as Angus and Aberdeenshire.
The Scottish Daily Mail goes with the scale of evacuations in Brechin as 335 households were told to leave there, with about 87 asked to clear the area in nearly villages Tannadice and Finavon. They were "asked to grab sleeping bags and leave for their own safety", it says.
In the Scotsman, Deputy First minister Shona Robison denies people should have been evacuated earlier from areas at the centre of the red weather warning. The paper also reports that the minister warned the storm could hit other parts of Scotland in the coming days.
The Evening Express pictures "the teeth of the storm" in Scotland's north-east. The area was expected to be the hardest hit by the second names storm of the season.
The Evening telegraph looks at the impact of high winds on Dundee on Thursday and shows a striking image of a tree which has fallen on cars in a city residential street. "Storm hits city hard" says the headline.
Away from the weather, the i leads with developments in the Middle East and fears that the war in Israel and Gaza will spread. It claims British, American and German citizens have been ordered to leave Lebanon amid concern about a wider conflict.
The Times looks at Rishi Sunak's two-day visit to the Middle East, and his meeting with Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman. The paper says the PM urged the crown prince to use his leadership in the region to "support stability, both for now and the long term" amid fears simmering tensions could erupt into a regional war.
Israel is also the lead in the Daily Telegraph with Israel telling its troops they will soon "see Gaza from the inside". The country's defence minister, Mr Gallant, "travelled to the front line to place soldiers on high alert with a fiery speech", the paper says. Outside of the region, the US issued a rare worldwide terror alert warning, the paper says, "as tensions mounted and anti-Israel and anti-Western protests spread across the Arab world".
Waves at Stonehaven harbour make the front of the Herald but the lead story is about a breakthrough in the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's. It reports that scientists have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation without surgery which has successfully been trialled with 20 health volunteers.
The National claims a Tory minister called the SNP's call to cap the price of basic foods "communism" on its front page. It also highlights a feature on what it was like to be part of the BBC's Debate Night programme.
And the Edinburgh Evening news leads with financial woes at the National Museum of Scotland due to funding cuts.
