Watch moment car is swept out to sea amid Storm Kathleen

'Crazy waves' lifted up a Ford Fiesta and washed it out into the Firth of Forth.

Scotland was battered with winds of up to 76mph at the weekend causing disruption and flooding – including sweeping a car out to sea.

Storm Kathleen whipped up waves that crashed over barriers and flooded coastal streets with seawater.

Laura Wright was filming the “crazy waves” in Lower Largo, a village in Fife on the north side of the Firth of Forth on Sunday, at the side of her aunt’s house.

She returned to the garden and heard a commotion before running back out in time to see a car being lifted up by the water.

The grey Ford Fiesta was then swept out to sea. Fortunately, nobody was inside the vehicle at the time.

On Saturday, passengers caught the “extraordinary” landing of a plane amid Storm Kathleen through the cockpit of a tiny Cessna aircraft in Edinburgh.

The bumpy landing on the chartered Vistajet’s approach to the airport was filmed as the pilot fought against gusts of winds of around 50mph.

More weather warnings for wind and rain have been issued across the country following the disruption caused by Storm Kathleen.

The Met Office issued four separate warnings covering southern England, western Wales and mainland Scotland from Monday to Tuesday evening.

The forecaster said travel disruption and damage to homes and businesses were possible.

A yellow rain warning covering south and eastern parts of Scotland – including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen – is in place from 1am to 6pm on Tuesday.

Between 20-40mm of rain is expected across most areas, but some places could see as much as 50-60 mm of rainfall.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency also had 38 local flood warnings and 18 flood alerts in place.

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