Floods Of Tears

Families try to salvage possessions after rain wrecks homes and washes away cars

- Kathleen Speirs

Famiies were evacuated from their homes after heavy rainfall battered parts of the country.

Severe flooding swept across much of Scotland, with West Lothian being one of the worst affected areas.

Two Scottish Fire and Rescue Service water rescue teams with boats helped move residents from 14 properties in Pyothall Court in Broxburn.