The West Coast Mainline is closed between Carlisle and Scotland as a clean-up takes place after Friday's floods.
A landslip on the West Coast Mainline has caused damage to the line south of CarstairsThe West Coast Mainline is closed between Carlisle and Scotland with a landslip causing damage to the track.
At one point on Friday Sepa had 10 regional flood alerts in place, along with 29 local flood warnings and a severe flood warning for Dumfries. "What made Friday's event notable was not only the intense nature of the rainfall, but also the rapid and extreme rises in river levels which led, in the Nith, to the highest ever recorded river levels.
An alert for snow runs from 22:00 on Saturday until 10:00 on Sunday, covering southern and central Scotland, Grampian and the Highlands.Meteorologist Simon Patridge said the impact on Scotland would be "nowhere near as dramatic".Virtual Operations Support Team websiteDumfries and Galloway Council closed The Whitesands in Dumfries to traffic from 10:00, before the River Nith burst its banks in the afternoon.
"It's now years out of date," Cllr Slater added. "Technology has moved on in leaps and bounds and we're trying to build something that many thousands of people have said no to because it will build over the steps of the bridge. He said: "We got down before the water crossed the road, we had time to put sandbags down as best we could.