A WARNING of heavy rain is in force for western Scotland, with flood warnings still in place.
The Met Office alert warns heavy rainfall will affect much of the west of Scotland on Tuesday, bringing a risk of some additional flooding and transport disruption.
It comes after heavy rain caused flooding in many areas across the weekend, leading to road closures and train cancellations.
In an update posted to its Twitter this morning, ScotRail said that services between Perth and Stirling would be unable to run.
Elsewhere, Network Rail Scotland said the railway between Dunblane and Perth will remain closed on Tuesday while it works to repair the huge amount of flood damage, but it is aiming to reopen the line by mid-morning on Wednesday.
The latest weather warning is in force until 9pm with the warning covering Falkirk, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, part of the Highlands and much of the Strathclyde region.
The Met Office said: “Following disruptive rainfall across much of Scotland in recent days, a further period of fairly heavy rainfall is likely to affect many western parts of Scotland during Tuesday (though nothing like the amount seen on Saturday), before the rain begins to clear away southwards during Tuesday afternoon and evening.
“Across many western areas 15mm-25mm of rain could fall quite widely, with peak totals of 40mm-50mm possible over and around the high ground.
“This may bring further impacts from flooding, including the disruption of travel, given the recent wet conditions.”
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Two severe flood warnings issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency remain in force on Tuesday for Aviemore/Dalfaber and for part of Perth, while there are 33 flood warnings and 10 flood alerts in place.
Meanwhile, the search for a 77-year-old man reported missing in a river will continue on Tuesday, after specialist resources including a police helicopter and drones were used to look for him on Monday.
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