As the rain clouds disappear

Residents and businesses across the county were hit on Friday as trunk roads closed and severe flooding hit rural areas.

Home owners in the small community of Taranty, near Brechin, spent the weekend mopping out their floors after flood water cascaded into their homes.

Makeshift trenches and sandbags were still visible in the village yesterday as locals stayed alert for the rain returning.

Both Grampian and Tayside police and fire services confirmed there had been no new flooding incidents since the major downpour on Friday evening, despite some heavy rain showers yesterday.

The A92 from Arbroath to Montrose was once again passable after the flood water disappeared over the weekend.

The Dundee to Arbroath section that had been closed at Ethiebeaton was reopened and the two cars stranded there were removed.

Further north, conditions remained hazardous on theA90 Laurencekirk to Stonehaven road, although no major accidents were reported.

Clear-up operations continued at Gallery House in Montrose, Glamis Primary and a property at Rosemill in Strathmartine, all of which were closed due to flooding on Friday.

The flooding that had engulfed parts of Brechin, Wellbank, Emmock, Kellas, Gagie and Tealing had subsided and access to Kingsmuir was restored from Forfar.

There were no flood warnings for Perth and Kinross yesterday as the incessant rainfall died down.

The area saw intermittent showers but nothing close to the scale of Friday’s deluge.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) did not have any flood alerts, warnings or severe flood warnings for Perth and Kinross.

A spokesperson for Tayside Fire and Rescue said they had not dealt with any flood-related incidents in the region.

Houses in Dura Den are left wrecked after the storms of the weekend.