A CLEAR-UP operation was under way today after torrential rain led to heavy flooding in parts of the country.
* Have you been affected by the heavy rain? Click here to email us your wild weather pictures. We'll publish the best photos online *Emergency services worked through the night to pump water from roads and homes in Fife.
The region saw half an average month's rain fall in one night.
Freuchie and Cupar were the worst hit, with some homes reportedly flooded with 3-4ft of water.
A grandmother told how her daughter was due to return from her honeymoon to find her flood-damaged home.
Meanwhile a wheelchair-bound resident had to be evacuated from a property in Burnside.
Sandbags were distributed this morning as part of the joint operation between local fire and council crews.
Catherine O'Connor, 67, said she had not been able to contact her daughter and her husband, Kay and Jim Henderson, who are flying back from their honeymoon in Vancouver after marrying on July 27.
Mrs O'Connor was alerted by a call from her two teenage grandchildren this morning to say they were trapped upstairs.
She said: "The downstairs was really flooded – the fridge freezer took a walk right across the kitchen.
"The garden was underwater and the firefighters have been pumping it all out.
"I've no idea what my daughter will say, it's a terrible thing to come home to."
Forecasters reported 31mm of rain falling at RAF Leuchars through the night, compared with 13mm in Edinburgh and the Borders.
Fife was hit by similar rain levels at the weekend, causing streams to burst their banks and landslides.
Today Fife Council said St Monans Library was closed due to severe weather.
Several roads, including the B969 in North Glenrothes and the A915 Upper Largo to Largoward route, were also shut temporarily, causing problems for the area's commuters.
John Hutchinson, a forecaster with the MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Almost half a month's rainfall fell in one night.
"With the amount of rainfall Fife had last week this means it could cause problems.
"The good news is that it looks to be drier for the rest of the day, though there could be some showers."
Fife Fire and Rescue received 68 call-outs through the night and continued to attend affected roads and properties this morning.
Alan Mann, group manager in community safety intervention with Fife Fire and Rescue, said the rain had been "pretty extreme" but the area was showing signs of drying out.
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