Heavy rain storms cause flooding
Heavy rain caused roads to become flooded in Cupar. Pic: Ashley Cochrane
Flooding has hit parts of Perth and Kinross and north east Fife after heavy rain storms.
Tayside Fire and Rescue said they started to receive calls at about 0930 BST, mainly in the Kinross, Milnathort and Scone areas.
In Fife, most roads into Cupar were closed and firefighters had to respond to more than 50 calls about flooding.
The Met Office has issued a heavy rain warning for Perth and Kinross, Angus, Dundee, Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
Residents of Falkirk, Aberdeenshire, Highland and Moray have also been warned to prepare for heavy downpours.
Firefighters in Cupar, Fife, on Monday afternoon. Pic: Gavin Perry
At the height of the flash flooding in Cupar, 12 fire appliances about 60 firefighters were providing assistance and advice in the area.
Nine people were helped to safety after they became trapped in the annexe of Castlehill Primary School and another three people were freed after becoming stuck in their vehicles.
Colin Grieve, from Fife Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The initial calls were in quick succession with around 30 calls to separate premises in Cupar within 45 minutes.
"This had a heavy impact on resources and mobilising within the Fife area and all of Fife's appliances have been used at some point during the day."
Willie Robertson, a councillor and shop owner in Milnathort, said the "heavens opened" at about 0930 BST.
"It was raining like I've never seen in my life before, it was just torrential rain," he said.
Cars struggled through the water in Cupar. Pic: John Haddon
"The drains in the street just couldn't take the amount of water and it was overlapping the pavement and flowing into all the premises, especially on this north side of New Road."
He estimated that there had been about a foot of water in his agricultural store and that pubs and the post office had also been affected.
In 2006, property was damaged and at least 40 people had to leave their homes after bad flooding in the area.
"We've never had as much water in our shop ever, even in the times where the flood defence scheme didn't work, or before we had a flood defence scheme," Mr Robertson said.
"This is T in the Park weekend, which is a big weekend for the village in terms of income generation, so I'm just hoping that the two pubs that have been affected can manage to get themselves sorted out before then."
