Storms spark rescues and travel woe
Much of the UK is on flood alert after torrential rain and strong winds prompted scores of rescues and travel misery.
Scotland has been worst hit by the downpours, with several severe flood warnings in force after rivers burst their banks and threatened to flood houses.
Stonehaven in Grampian suffered some of the worst flooding. A river burst its banks in the town and 50 people had to be rescued from their homes.
In Tayside, people were trapped in their cars and evacuated from their properties. Roads were closed and trains cancelled as water levels soared across Angus, Perthshire, Grampian and Fife.
And in Dundee, the SPL football match between Dundee United and Rangers was abandoned at half-time because of the heavy rain.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued 13 flood warnings - three of which are severe. There are also six warnings in place across northern England. Much of the rest of the UK is also subject to flood alerts.
Tom Tobler, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the heavy rain was dying out across the UK but conditions will remain wet and windy. This week will also see daytime temperatures return to single digits in much of the country, falling as low as 2C in some areas.
In Wales, five adults and a baby were reportedly rescued from two houses in Meidrim, Carmarthenshire. Two women were also stuck in floodwater in their car in Landore, Swansea, and four people were stuck in two cars near Newcastle Emlyn.
