WATCH: Residents rescued by boat from flooded Broxburn homes

Residents have been rescued from their homes by firefighters with boats following flooding in central Scotland.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) received calls to "significant flooding'' incidents in West Lothian due to heavy rain on Thursday evening.

Two SFRS water rescue teams with boats helped rescue residents from 14 properties in Pyothall Court in Broxburn, West Lothian.

They were also called to incidents in Linlithgow and Ratho.

Aimee Miller and her children were taken to safety after being forced to leave her home in Pyothall Court.

She told Forth 1: "It had rained pretty much non stop, and at about 7:15pm, when I was putting the wee one to bed, I looked out the window and there was about 6ft of water.

"It was pretty high and the cars were starting to get submerged.

"There are quite a lot of vulnerable people in the street, so the emergency crews managed to get everyone out on wee boats.

"There was just sheer panic.

"We were trying to keep calm for the sake of the kids, but we were worrying about how we were going to get out."

Aimee is now back home assessing the damage in her first floor flat.

Her neighbour, Jean Hendrie, 70, had to leave her home after water came over a flood wall and poured into the property, and has gone to stay with her daughter.

She said: "Everything in the living room is ruined, the water was up to our knees. The carpets are ruined, the floors are ruined.

"The rain came on really heavy at about 5pm and there is a burn behind the flood wall and the water came right over the wall.

"One of my neighbours was flooded and the water came right up to her kitchen worktops, and there are cars that are written off.

"We will not be able to stay here as the electricity is off, the carpet is soaked, there is silt everywhere.''

She said nothing like this has happened in the 21 years she has lived there.

SFRS said it had worked with other emergency services and local authorities to support those affected.

Pictures posted on social media showed cars deep in floodwater and bins floating down the street.

Heavy rain caused transport problems across the central belt on Thursday, leading to trains being suspended and road closures.

ScotRail warned services across the country would be delayed or cancelled due to "extremely heavy rain flooding''.

On Friday, the rail company tweeted that all lines affected by Thursday's heavy rain have now reopened, and services are able to run again.

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