Torrential rain blows in on tail end of Hurricane Ernesto

The remnants of a hurricane are set to batter Scotland and other parts of the UK in the week ahead, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 60mph, the Met Office has warned.
Hurricane Ernesto ripped through the Caribbean and Atlantic with maximum winds of 85mph, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico and Bermuda without power.
Rain is expected in the UK from Monday, with Ernesto, now weakened to a tropical storm, set to hit on Wednesday with further downpours and strong winds that will mainly affect Scotland, the Met Office said.
Forecasters have issued three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland, with up to 150mm expected to fall within 24 hours in the worst affected areas.
The warnings cover southwest Scotland and the Lothians and Borders on Monday afternoon and evening, and northeast Scotland, including the Highlands, Strathclyde and Central, Tayside and Fife, for most of Wednesday and Thursday.
The rain will be accompanied by strong southwesterly winds, with gusts possibly reaching up to 60mph on the coast and around the islands.
The Met Office said there could be disruption to public transport, spray and flooding on roads, as well as potential power cuts and flooding in homes and businesses.
There is also a small chance that the spring tide will generate large waves that could result in injuries and a danger to life in coastal areas on Wednesday and Thursday, the Met Office added.
Craig Snell, a Met Office forecaster, said: “Ernesto, at the moment, is still out on the other side of the Atlantic as a tropical storm. As we go through the next couple of days, it weakens as it moves into cooler waters and gets absorbed into a more typical area of low pressure, which we get quite often.
“Remnants of the warmth and remnants of the moisture will be still there in that weather system on Wednesday and Thursday, so it will enhance the rainfall.”
Ernesto is the fifth named storm and the third hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Elsewhere in the UK, the forecast looks “quite unsettled” and it will be a cooler week for many after a high of 34.8C in Cambridge was recorded on August 12, Snell said.
The south and southeast of England are expected to enjoy the best of the drier weather, with some warmer spells and highs of about 26C in East Anglia, he added.