Dingwall is one of the towns affected by flooding

Further bad weather is forecast for overnight, with rain and winds reaching 80mph.

Thirty schools in the Highlands were closed on Thursday and several will stay shut on Friday.

Ferry sailings between Ullapool and Stornoway have been disrupted. Bad weather is forecast overnight for Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney.

The worst affected roads at 2200 BST were:

B9101 - Foynfield to Auldearn road is closed

A939 - snow gates closed on the Grantown on Spey to Forres road due to falling trees and a high possibility of a landslide at Huntly's Cave

A87 - closed to high-sided vehicles at the Skye Bridge

Burn Place, Dingwall - closed, as is the Dingwall to Strathpeffer road

B9165 - Garricoch Junction to Loandhu closed

A836 - Dornoch Bridge to Edderton road is passable but affected by surface water and tree debris

Fendom Road - passable with care, although there is up to 10in of water at Pitgoarty

B9176 - Struy road closed

B817 - Alness to Evanton road closed at Balnacraggan and near the Novar Estates office

Old Evanton Road - closed

A862 - Ardullie to Dingwall road is closed

A9 - closed overnight at the Embo junction by the Loch Fleet to Golspie road

A949 - Clashmore to Bonar Bridge road is closed overnight

A9 - Golspie to Brora at Dunrobin (north) is closed

A9 - Golspie at Drumuie (south) is closed

A837 - Invershin to Rosehall road is closed

A873 - closed at Strathnaver

A897 - Helmsdale to Melvich road is closed

A836 - Altnaharra to Tongue road is closed

A9 - closed at Strathsteven

A876 - Castletown to Bower road is closed

A836 - Castletown to Dunnet road is closed.