A woman makes her way through South Square in Aberdeen that has been covered in a thick sea foam after flooding from the North Sea hit the Scottish coast in September. Extreme weather and floods were a permanent fixture of 2012. The summer was the wettest on record for 100 years. Flooding caused widespread disruption and damage in April, August, September and November. (SWNS)

A woman makes her way through South Square in Aberdeen that has been covered in a thick sea foam after flooding from the North Sea hit the Scottish coast in September. Extreme weather and floods were a permanent fixture of 2012. The summer was the wettest on record for 100 years. Flooding caused widespread disruption and damage in April, August, September and November. (SWNS)