The past couple of weeks has seen a fresh round of storms taking place across the UK, with flash floods, power cuts, and travel disruptions.
Storm Austen first hit on Friday 23 October after the Met Office put out yellow and amber warnings for wind and rain.
Whilst the warning was initially put in place for southern England, which was hit hard by the storm, the weather quickly pushed up north causing heavy rain in Edinburgh and wider Scotland.
Both Edinburgh and Glasgow suffered some small localised flooding.
Scotland was hit by Storm Boleo even harder, with weather warnings in place for Saturday 24 October and Sunday 25 October.
The weather warnings were upgraded to amber across Scotland, with expectations of winds as high as 70mph, and in some places in the Inner Hebrides experiencing gusts of 82mph.
Power was lost across the country, with 6,000 homes left without power in central and southern Scotland.
Travel also faced major disruption across the country as many roads were closed due to flooding, fallen trees and pedestrian safety.
Scotrail and other trainlines as well as Calmac ferries had to cancel the majority of their services due to safety leading to disturbances on many peoples routes.
Tragedy struck as there were multiple casualties across the nation due to trees falling and car crashes caused in the peak of the storms in Dumfries and Galloway, and Perth and Kinross.
Warnings were quickly put in place for a third storm, Storm Chloe, which was expected to hit the nation on Tuesday 27 October, with many gearing up across the country for strong winds, further disruptions and damage.
However, the Met Office decided that the impact wouldn’t warrant the name of an official storm and Chloe remains yet to come.
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