More heavy rain is expected to batter the UK this week after the havoc wreaked by Storm Babet, prompting the Met Office to issue more yellow weather warnings.
The weather agency issued two yellow weather warnings for heavy rain on Thursday. The first is for Scotland and the second for parts of southern England.
The warning in Scotland covers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross – areas that have already seen prolonged downpours last week including flooding from Storm Babet, and will run from 12pm on Thursday to 12pm on Saturday.
The second warning covers parts of South England, including Brighton, Southampton and Portsmouth. This warning began from 4am on Thursday and will last till noon.
Rainfall this week comes after heavy showers brought by Storm Babet have led to the deaths of seven people, including three people north of the border.
Brechin in Angus was the worst affected area in northeast Scotland, where hundreds of homes ended up being evacuated after the South Esk river breached its banks.
“An area of low pressure becomes firmly in charge over the next few days to bring plenty of showers and further rainfall, especially to parts of eastern Scotland,” the Met Office said on Wednesday.
“There is a possibility of some localised impacts from rivers and surface water on Thursday and Friday in the north east, Caithness and Sunderland, and Easter Ross and Great Glen due to further heavy rain,” said the latest Scottish Flood Forecast update.
“Rivers levels in the north east are not forecast to be as high as experienced during Storm Babet and widespread significant flooding is not currently expected.”
Elsewhere, Network Rail Scotland warned: “More extremely heavy rain is on the way. It won’t be to the levels from Storm Babet, but it will affect the same areas, already with saturated ground. It will bring a risk of flooding.”
Additional reporting by agencies