Three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland have been issued for the coming week as the remnants of a hurricane get set to batter the country.
Up to 150mm of rainfall is expected within a 24-hour period in the worst affected areas.
The Met Office warnings cover south-west Scotland and the Lothian borders on Monday afternoon and evening, and north-east Scotland – including the Highlands, Strathclyde and Central, Tayside and Fife – for most of Wednesday and Thursday.
The forecaster said the rain on Wednesday and Thursday could be accompanied by strong winds of up to 60mph as the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto hit the UK.
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People have been warned to expect delays to public transport, spray and flooding on roads, as well as potential power cuts and flooding in homes and businesses.
There was a small chance that large waves could result in injuries and danger to life in coastal areas on Wednesday and Thursday, the Met Office added.
Hurricane Ernesto left more than 23,000 in Bermuda without power as it made landfall on Saturday.
As it passed over the small island it weakened to a tropical storm, though officials warned it could regain hurricane strength as it passed Newfoundland in Canada.
As Hurricane Ernesto battered Bermuda, winds reached 137km/h and waves exceeded 10.5m.
Hurricanes cannot form off the coast of the UK, as they require much higher sea temperatures.
However, the country is sometimes affected by deep depressions that were originally hurricanes which have moved to higher latitudes
Such depressions are classified as 'ex-hurricanes' or 'extra-tropical cyclones' since they have changed their prime energy source from the warm ocean surface to the clash of warm tropical and cold polar air - a process known as extratropical transition.
An ex-hurricane can sometimes still have hurricane strength winds even though it is no longer classified as a hurricane.
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