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An amber weather warning that had been in place for the whole of Saturday has now come to an end.

It covered an area of northern Scotland between Inverness and Thurso. 

A company operating a drilling platform in the North Sea says it has removed 45 non-essential personnel after four of the eight anchors became detached in severe weather caused by Storm Babet.

Stena Drilling Limited said two coastguard helicopters and a search and rescue helicopter were "mobilised to transfer 45 non-essential personnel from the drilling unit to neighbouring platforms and to Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands".

The Stena Spey platform remains secure and stable, the company said.

An emergency response vessel, the Esvagt Cappa, is on standby to provide support. 

A number has been set up for concerned relatives: 01224 455199.

The Environment Agency has issued a warning to any drivers tempted to drive through flood water.

Just "one eggcup" of water can "wreck" an engine, it says.

A company operating a drilling platform in the North Sea has confirmed that some of its anchors became detached early on Saturday because of the "severe weather encountered from Storm Babet".

As we reported earlier, helicopters were sent to the installation off Aberdeen.

Now, Stena Drilling Limited has said "four of eight anchors detached themselves from the drilling unit" at about 6.45am on Saturday.

"All 89 personnel onboard the Stena Spey are accounted for," the company added.

 "The well remains secure and the asset (the Stena Spey) is stable.    

"The Coastguard has been informed."

A retired man with Parkinson's disease has said there was a "high chance of a crush" during overcrowding at King's Cross station in central London on Saturday.

John Hinson, 61, from North Ferriby in East Yorkshire, said people were "crashing against the barrier" as they tried to reach their trains.

"It was just so dangerous," he said.

The station was temporarily closed to "manage passenger numbers" at about 2pm.

Managers said it was because Storm Babet had brought "severe disruption to the rail network".

The "temporary crowd control measures" were eventually lifted late afternoon.

Mr Hinson said: "I have Parkinson's and I have difficulty walking, so my wife went to ask for assistance and all assistance was cancelled.

"We were basically told that if we cannot get the train, we need to cancel and come back again."

He added: "There did not seem to be any police about or any management.

"When we were on holiday in Jordan, there was a lot of police activity, but never one time where I felt threatened, it was quite safe.

"That was not the case at King's Cross this morning as there was a high chance of a crush."

Saturday has brought continued devastation in Scotland from Storm Babet.

People in up to 100 properties across Angus in eastern Scotland have been rescued from their flooded homes, with some airlifted out, a local authority official said.  

The coastguard has sent two helicopters to a drilling platform "facing strong waves" in the North Sea off Aberdeen.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said in a statement: "HM Coastguard has sent two of its helicopters alongside an industry search and rescue helicopter to assist at a drilling platform facing strong waves in the North Sea 128 nautical miles off Aberdeen. 

"The situation was reported at about 8.40am on 21 October. "

Flooding from major rivers could continue until Tuesday, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned.

Three severe flood warnings are in place around the River Derwent in Derbyshire.

Derby City Council said it was seeing record-breaking water levels in that river.

Cleaning up could take several days, it added.

"Following persistent, heavy rain from Storm Babet, severe river flooding impacts are probable in parts of the East Midlands and South Yorkshire today and into Sunday," said Katharine Smith, EA flood duty manager.

"Severe river flooding impacts are occurring on the River Derwent in Derby, where we have issued severe flood warnings, and significant impacts are also possible elsewhere across the Midlands and parts of northern England today.

"Ongoing flooding is probable on some larger rivers including the Severn, Ouse and Trent through to Tuesday."

Babet has been an exceptional storm, bringing torrential rain to Britain's dry side, writes Sky News science correspondent Thomas Moore.

Eastern areas are sheltered from storms that normally barrel in from the Atlantic at this time of year.

But Babet has come from a more southerly direction, channelled by an unusual position of the jet stream, and the east has been lashed with rain.

Met Office figures show between Thursday and Saturday morning, 79mm fell in Charsfield, Suffolk. 

That's a little over three inches in two days.

So why did Babet bring so much rain?

It has a lot to do with the unusually warm seas it crossed as it tracked up from Portugal and the Bay of Biscay to the UK.

Read more below.

Derby Rugby Club has posted a drone video of its pitch - which is completely waterlogged.

The posts are visible, as is a line marking the edge of the pitch, but apart from that, it is nothing but a greyish patch of water.