We're wrapping up our live page coverage now, so here are the headlines from a day when Storm Éowyn wreaked havoc across Scotland:

• 117,000 homes in Scotland are without power and buildings have been damaged across the country

• Two drivers have been injured after crashes in Mauchline in East Ayrshire and on Glasgow's Balmore Road
• Almost all schools have been closed and many transport services suspended with very high winds recorded, including one gust of nearly 102mph on the Tay Bridge
• All ScotRail services have been cancelled today and will not resume until midday on Saturday at the earliest
• A large portion of the central belt, south west and Dumfries & Galloway was covered by a red "danger to life" warning for wind
• A new amber wind warning for central Scotland, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland and Strathclyde is now in place and will run until 06:00 on Saturday
• A yellow warning for wind is now active for Edinburgh and the Lothians. The amber affected areas will switch to yellow after 21:00
• A yellow warning for snow remains in place for parts of the country, particularly in the north.

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John Swinney tells Reporting Scotland: "We are having a very significant weather incident, which is causing multiple problems and challenges around the country today."

Scotland's first minister says the Scottish Government's Resilience Room (SGoRR) will meet again this evening and that "there is still a huge amount of risk on the roads from the danger of fallen trees".

Swinney says: "The weather over the weekend is projected to be really very cold, so obviously where there are power outages as temperatures drop there are very significant risks for individuals."

The government works with the power companies to ensure the vulnerable are kept safe, the first minister says.

"The degree of damage that's been done will take some time to recover from," he adds.

Winds from Storm Éowyn, which has been battering Scotland today, have been captured tearing a tree out of the ground.

Alison Calderwood from Renfrewshire, who filmed the incident, says the falling tree "has taken another oak tree out, so now there are two large holes in the garden", adding that it was "a very healthy tree".

"It just shows what the storm has been able to do," the 50-year-old tells BBC News.

People across Scotland will begin to count the cost of Storm Éowyn when they get up tomorrow, and insurance may well be key.

Alastair Ross from the Association of British Insurers tells BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime insurers are prepared for events like these.

"The best advice I can give is get in touch with your insurer as soon as you possibly can.

"So if you've had damage to the property, or if you've had damage to your car from some flying debris, get in touch with your insurer, confirm what they want you to do.

"If you need to make emergency repairs they may be able to give you authorisation to go ahead with that."

More than 40,000 customers in the north of Scotland who lost power earlier in the day have now had their supplies restored, according to SSEN.

As of 17:30 there were still around 48,940 SSEN-supplied homes without power.

The total for the whole of Scotland is about 117,000.

Graeme Keddie from SSEN tells BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime that his teams will be looking to reconnect households through remote methods, until it is safe to carry out repairs.

SSEN is expecting further faults overnight and the full picture will be unclear until later tomorrow.

Keddie explains: "Absolutely we have to think about the safety of our own staff, but we're also focused on customers."

He adds if anyone is vulnerable they should call 105.

Contractor City Building said one of its staff was injured while responding to an emergency call out this morning in the Springburn area of Glasgow.

Footage on social media showed one of the company’s vans with a broken windscreen and a tree branch sticking out of the roof.

A City Building spokesperson said the man was receiving hospital treatment.

"We continue to ask for the support of our customers to consider current conditions and to request assistance only in genuine life and limb emergency situations,” it said.

“All other repairs have been suspended until the weather situation improves.”

The power at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has been restored after a "brief power outage" this afternoon, the hospital says.

"There was a short period before the back-up generators came onstream, where contingency arrangements were required to be put in place," it says in a statement.

The hospital adds that phone lines into it were affected "for a period of time" but that they have now been restored.

SP Energy Networks, which covers areas in central and southern Scotland as well as north-west England and north Wales, is offering hot meals for customers without power.

As of 13:00 GMT, 25,500 of the electricity provider's customers were without power.

The company has mobilised food trucks in areas including East Lothian and North Wales, and has organised "warm spaces" in various locations.

SP Energy Networks is providing updated lists of available locations, external on its website.

Christopher Blanchett
BBC Scotland weather presenter

The Met Office red warning for Scotland has now passed, but two amber warnings for wind are still in force covering southern and northern Scotland.

We are still seeing strong gusts on parts of the east coast - with 87mph recorded in Inverbervie at 5pm - but Storm Eowyn is slowly moving off into the North Sea.

Wind gusts have eased slightly on the west coast and central belt. At 5pm a gust of 76mph was recorded on Islay, down from the peak of 91mph earlier today. Gusts of 69mph were recorded in Glasgow and 71mph in Edinburgh.

However, the risk of disruption for the remainder of the evening is still significant in the areas covered by the amber warnings.

The advice remains to venture outside with caution and only if necessary.

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

Image source, Network Rail Scotland

Scotland's rail operator is dealing with more than 60 incidents of fallen trees, broken barriers and damaged overhead wires.

And David Ross, who is director of communications at ScotRail, says the full picture on the railway system is yet to be known.

Network Rail, which is responsible for tracks and cabling, will work through the night checking some 2,000 miles of tracks.

David Ross told BBC Scotland's Drivetime programme that midday on Saturday would be the "very earliest" that services could be restored after the network was "absolutely battered".

He added: "But, it will really depend on what our Network Rail colleagues find when they start the inspections over the course of the evening and throughout the night."

Ross said inspections would take place via helicopter flights, special track trains and staff on foot.

The Scottish government's latest estimate of the amount of homes in Scotland without power is about 100,000 - but the overall figure is changing all the time.

We've calculated that when you add Scottish Power who are saying 68,000 households have lost power to SSEN who are saying they have almost 49,000 it comes to around 117,000.

Hundreds of thousands of people did not make it to work today - but what are your rights in this situation?

Bryan Simpson from Unite tells Radio Scotland's Drivetime his union has been inundated with calls from thousands of workers saying they have been told they need to go to work.

Staff in cafes, restaurants and hotels have been ordered in by their employers, says Simpson.

Some managers of these companies have offered to pick up their employees despite the rare red weather warning which ran for most of the day, he adds.

He says in many cases people are having to choose between their pay packet and their safety.

"It's completely illegal and from our perspective workers have a legal right under Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act to refuse to work when there is a serious and imminent threat to their safety."

Catriona Renton
BBC Scotland reporter

Here in Glasgow, the winds were so strong earlier this afternoon that they managed to turn this set of traffic lights round so they were facing the wrong way.

Throughout the city it’s a bit of a mess with bins knocked over and trees down.

The red warning expired at 17:00 but it has been replaced with an amber warning. And when the storm finally passes, the clear-up will take some time.

The Scottish government's Resilience Room has met this afternoon.

The first minister is advising the public to keep following official advice, so we've gathered links to the relevant organisations below:

• The latest Met Office weather warnings are available on the Met Office website, external.
• Flood alerts are issued by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and can be viewed on their website, external.
• Advice on preparing for severe weather can be found on the Ready Scotland website., external
• Follow Traffic Scotland for the most up-to-date information on the trunk roads throughout the warning periods, via their website, social media channels and radio broadcasts. Updates on ScotRail services, external and road conditions, external are available online.
• To report a power cut or damage to electricity power lines or substations call the SP Networks national Freephone number 105. More information on what to do during a storm can also be found on SP Energy Website, external.
• During a power cut firefighters can be called to fires started by candles or portable heaters. For advice on how to stay safe during a power cut visit Scottish Fire and Rescue Website, external.

BBC Scotland correspondent David Wallace Lockhart headed out into Storm Éowyn earlier to demonstrate the power of the winds in Glasgow.

Garry Mackay from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service tells Radio Scotland's Drivetime it's been a challenging day right across the country, but "we are starting to see things ease down ever so slightly".

Mackay says at the peak of activity there were around 250 to 300 incidents due to the weather alone in a four-hour period today.

"They were incidents that involved road traffic collisions, debris entering the roadway and a significant amount of trees falling down and impacting on roads and homes around the country."

He praises the crews and fellow emergency service partners and the adherence to the guidance by the public.

A Ryanair flight from Budapest has made a shaky touchdown in Edinburgh.

An initial attempt was thwarted by high winds, but the pilots managing to land safely on their second attempt at around 08:30 this morning.

Around 68,000 homes in central and southern Scotland are without power.

The Scottish government earlier stated a total of over 100,000 homes across the country were powerless, and now energy operator SP Energy Network has said 68,000 homes on their network are among them.

Guy Jefferson, SP Energy Networks’ managing director for transmission, says the continuing bad weather was hindering attempts to carry out repairs.

“We’ve seen wind speeds of over 100mph in parts of Scotland with conditions remaining treacherous, hampering our ability to assess and repair damage.

"As soon as it is safe to do so, our engineers will be out in the field working to get the power back on for people as soon as we can."

The red weather warning may be over, but the public is being asked to remain vigilant and keep across the other weather warnings and advice.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has attended a meeting of the Scottish Government's Resilience Room (SGoRR) and she tells Radio Scotland's Drivetime that a total of 100,000 across the country are still without power.

"The concern here is also to protect the workforce who are working for the utility companies," she says.

The utility companies have promised to deploy their workers as soon as it is safe to do so.

The minister says it's important to add that the companies are contacting vulnerable customers via various different means to ensure they are safe and well.

Thanks to everyone who has been sending us emails, photos and videos of the storm damage near you. It's really helping to give an idea of the scale of the problems Storm Éowyn is causing across Scotland.

If you have still images or video which you'd like to share with us, you can do that here. Please only take videos and photos if it's safe to do so.

Here's a selection of the images we've received so far.

Image source, Clive Tanton

Image source, Hamish Paterson