Scores of homes have been evacuated in Aberdeenshire after the River Don burst its banks and the River Ythan threatened to overflow, while people in an area of Aberdeen were advised to leave their properties.
Roads have been closed and trains and flights cancelled in Aberdeen and across the surrounding region as water levels reached record highs.
Residents have told how they had to help each other escape when the second flood in four days hit Glenridding.
Local farmer Joe Taylforth said he witnessed "folk holding hands" as they attempted to get out of their flood-ridden homes and businesses adjacent to the river.
Resident Mandy Howard-Carter, 35, said her quick-thinking husband, Ali, who used to be in the Mountain Rescue service, fetched a rope and fed it across the bridge to help villagers wade through the knee-deep water.
Shopkeeper Alan Brown has spoken of his devastation as the floods leave his family "back at square one".
Scores of homes have been evacuated in Aberdeenshire, with severe flood warnings still in place for Inverurie and Kintore.
Scores of homes have been evacuated in Aberdeenshire after the River Don rose to record levels and burst its banks.
The fierce storms and torrential downpours in the last month of 2015 contributed to the wettest month in the UK since records began.