Travel latest all in one placepublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
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Summary
'Weather bomb' batters west and north of Scotland
Power cut affects 31,000 homes across country
Winds and waves warning as storm hits
The Met Office issues amber 'be prepared' warning
Ferry, rail and road services disrupted
Travel latest all in one placepublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Roads latestpublished at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
The A9 Dornoch Bridge is once again closed to high sided vehicles.
In the Western Isles, Eriskay Causeway has reopened but Vatersay Causeway remains closed.
High winds are still forecast and roads in the area are still affected by spray and standing water, so drive with care.
Live warning mappublished at 13:42 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Check out our live map of flood warnings, created from information supplied by the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Power restoredpublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
The energy supplier SSE says power has been restored to 27,000 customers in Scotland who were cut off in today's storm.
The firm says 4,000 homes remain without power, but hopes the majority of which will be reconnected later. Most of the affected properties were in the Western Isles.
There were also cuts on the Isle of Skye and the Northern Isles, as well as in Dingwall, Fort William and Oban on the Scottish mainland.
The UK's winter 'weather bomb' in mapspublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
It started with a surf report. On Monday Devon-based website Magicseaweed.com began to warn of swells of up to 40ft (12m).
Image source, Earthnullschool.netDubbed "Black Wednesday", as the storm approached it was identified as a explosive cyclogenesis, known as a "weather bomb".
But what does this look like in map form? Doug Kennedy has pulled them altogether in this useful guide.
Storms - In Picturespublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Image caption, Towering waves crashed onto the cliffs in Orkney
Image source, Nicky taylorImage caption, Trees were brought down in Mount Florida, Glasgow, as the storm hit
Image caption, A boat battles through the waves off the Isle of Lewis
Weather words - Get Involvedpublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Chris from Blackpool: Bad weather?! This used to be called perfect illuminations weather!
Weather words - Your Viewspublished at 12:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
David Parr, Neilston: Word to describe this weather... home!
Marc Smith: We're a bunch of softies! My granny would have called this "a good drying day!"
Anonymous: Wild weather? Didn't stop the two Lycra clad numpties I saw cycling towards Callander this morning! What were they thinking?
Ronnie, Perth: Scots equivalents for Weather Bomb. Blatter, Blouster, Doister, Flaff, Flocht, Gouster, Grashloch, Gurl, Howder, Jaup, Rumballiach, Scudder, Sweevil, Tousie.
Word playpublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
John Beattie
BBC ScotlandRight: what one Scottish word describes this weather? Text me 80295 or just write it here, will read out on air...
World's biggestpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
The Press and Journaltweets, external: This image shows that the biggest waves in the world are currently just of the coast of Oban.
Image source, Press and JournalVideo: Huge waves in Orkneypublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Video shows huge waves crashing on the coast at Birsay, in the Orkney Islands, as a "weather bomb" hits Scotland.
Severe storms have been battering parts of north and west coast causing disruption to power supplies, bridge crossings, ferry and rail services.
Spelling testpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Freelance journalist Nick Rougvie tweets, external: Edinburgh has suddenly gone all apocl.....apocaylip....apollocly...dark and rainy. #weatherbomb
Get Involvedpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
This morning, the roof camera at BBC Scotland captured the stormy weather moving in over the River Clyde after the Met Office issued warnings of high winds across much of the country.
Watch the video, and send us your pictures by email.
Glasgow-Edinburgh trainspublished at 12:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
National Rail tweets, external: Trains between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh via #Shotts are now running normally following disruption caused by a signalling problem.
Stricken trawler safepublished at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
The 'O Genita' trawler which was damaged by large waves off the coast of Westray has now reached safety at Pierowall on the island.
Image source, RNLI StromnessLatest from the busespublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
On Lewis and Harris, the bus services will be reviewed for those departing after 18:00, when the amber weather period ends.
In the meantime, a number of buses will be suspended this afternoon including Stornoway to Tarbert and Westside Circular via Barvas.
Roads latestpublished at 11:49 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
For drivers of high sided vehicles, the A9 Dornoch Bridge is now open but the Erskine Bridge is closed.
Meanwhile, the snow gates on the A93 at the Spittal of Glenshee and Braemar are closed.
Countdown to high tidepublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
James Shaw
BBC Radio 5 live Scotland correspondentStorm clouds clear over Firth of Clyde but worst of weather may not be over. Waiting for high tide at 14:00
Image source, James ShawHighland schools updatepublished at 11:34 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
Almost 50 schools and nurseries are now shut in the Highland Council area.
The closures involve 2,312 children.
Power updatepublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 10 December 2014
James Cook
Scotland Correspondent, BBC NewsElectricity supplies to most homes in the Western Isles have been reconnected, according to islanders.
The power firm SSE said earlier this morning that 17,500 properties on the islands were cut off.
The company say they are still dealing with blackouts on the Scottish mainland in Dingwall, Fort William and Oban as well as on the Isle of Skye and in the Northern and Western Isles.
There is some confusion over the exact numbers which are still affected.
Scottish Power, which covers the southern half of Scotland, says it is not aware of any weather-related faults at present.