Wet weather warning as floods clean-up continues
Clean-up efforts in flood-hit areas of Scotland hit by Storm Frank have continued as forecasters issued a fresh warning for more persistent rain over the weekend.
The Met Office has issued an amber "be prepared'' warning for heavy rain in parts of the country over Saturday, Sunday and into the start of the working week.
The warning covers the Grampian, Central, Tayside and Fife areas from midday on Saturday to 3pm on Monday.
It comes after Scotland bore the brunt of severe storm on Wednesday which left people stranded, in temporary accommodation and without electricity.
Issuing the warning, the Met Office said: "Outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, will affect Scotland during the weekend and into Monday.
"This rain is not expected to be as intense as recently, however the persistence of the rainfall will allow large accumulations to build up, particularly across eastern Scotland where ground remains saturated.
"Be prepared for the likelihood of both surface and river flooding, as well as some local disruption to transport.''
Their chief forecaster cautioned that some places could see more than 200mm of rain over the period covered by the warning.
And given the saturated nature of the ground, there is a greater risk of surface water and river flooding than might normally be expected, forecasters warned.
Much of the country was battered by Wednesday's heavy rain and gale-force winds.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway the following day to view the damage to shops and businesses affected flooding.
She said: ''The impact is devastating for people, it's absolutely heartbreaking."
Ms Sturgeon praised the "heroic'' response to the destruction from the emergency services, volunteers, members of the public and the local authorities.
Two people have died in separate incidents in Scottish rivers since the storm hit.
The body of a kayaker missing during the storms was recovered from the River Findhorn in Moray. The man, who was in his 50s, was found at around 9am on Thursday.
And a 36-year-old man died after falling out of a canoe in the River Garry, near the village of Invergarry, on Thursday afternoon.
In Aberdeenshire, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall met locals in flood-hit Ballater, which is near Balmoral Castle, the Queen's summer residence.
Residents from some parts of the village were evacuated on Wednesday, with a rest centre set up at the nearby Victoria Barracks.
At the storm's height, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) had issued a ''severe flooding - danger to life'' warning for Whitesands in Dumfries and Galloway and for the River Tweed in Peebles.