In pictures: Floods strike Scotland

People across Scotland were affected by flooding as heavy rain and strong winds battered the country.

Roads were closed, train services and ferries were disrupted, schools were shut and people had to be evacuated from their homes on Tuesday.

BBC News Online Scotland captures some of the images which show the impact of the flooding.

Firefighters laid down sandbags outside Kelso in the Borders

The River Teviot near Jedburgh was swollen by the heavy rain

People living in Kelso had to deal with heavy flooding

William Walton, 93, was rescued from flooding at a caravan site at Gretna

Several families were forced to evacuate their homes in the Borders

The sea battered the shore at North Berwick on the east coast

The train line at North Berwick was left under several feet of water

Flooding caused problems for drivers in the north of Scotland

A number of rivers burst their banks in the Borders

The south of Scotland was the hardest hit by flooding on Tuesday morning