<sod >Teams from the Scottish Fire Service and the coastguard mounted an operation to rescue residents, some reported to be elderly, from 38 properties in Port Elphinstone, near Inverurie, as the swollen Don sent floodwaters racing down the streets.< eod>< sod > Teams from the Scottish Fire Service and the coastguard mounted an operation to rescue residents, some reported to be elderly, from 38 properties in Port Elphinstone, near Inverurie, as the swollen Don sent floodwaters racing down the streets, and aÃÂÃÂ further 18 homes were evacuated from the Bruce Crescent and Meadows areas of Ellon as the River Ythan rose through the night.< eod>