Heavy rain brings Borders weather warning 5 August 2013 Last updated at 11:11 The Met Office has issued a warning that heavy rain will continue for much of Monday. The warning covers an area which includes the Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, and parts of Lothian. Forecasters said rainfall totalling 20-40mm (up to 2in) was likely. They said the rain would bring the risk of surface water flooding. The heavy rain started on Sunday evening. The current weather warning is valid until 16:00 on Monday. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has flood alerts in place covering Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh and Lothians.