THESE pictures show the devastating impact of heavy rain and flooding across the Borders.
The Amber warning, issued by the Met Office, was in place from 9pm last night until 9am this morning, with a further yellow warning for rain given until 6pm tonight.
Due to flooding some roads in the Borders have been forced to close, these include:
- A701 between B7059 West Linton and Leadburn
- B709 Granites, Innerleithen
- B712 Stobo/Dawyck
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued 20 flood warnings and five flood alerts mainly covering southern Scotland.
A major incident was declared in Hawick yesterday amid fears that up to 500 properties could be flooded. The incident was stood down in the evening when Sepa indicated that the River Teviot reached a peak of 2.9m at 7.30pm and is now expected to steadily recede.
Network Rail Scotland warned that the bridges across the River Annan had been “washed away”, meaning the railway line connecting Dumfries with Carlisle would have to be closed until further notice.
Despite already facing persistent rain over the past few days – 132mm of rain was recorded at Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway between Wednesday at 1am and Thursday at 6pm, according to the Met Office – southern Scotland faces further warnings today.
A minor landslide has blocked the B725 road around six miles from Dumfries and as police warned of large areas of flooding on that road from Dumfries to Glencaple.
Click through the gallery above to view some reader photos showing flooding around the region.
This article was originally reported in the Peeblesshire News.
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