Rare red 'danger to life' weather warning for Shetland passes
Gust of 105mph recorded in Lerwick
Road and rail networks getting back to normal after widespread disruption across Scotland
Thousands of properties still without power
Forty-one flood warnings in place
Man in Edinburgh suffers head injury after he was struck by flying debris
Crane shakes in Gertrude's wake
Time-lapse footage shows a crane being shaken by Storm Gertrude on Friday morning.
Tom Mortimer watched the scene from Edinburgh's Royal School of Veterinary Studies.
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Quote MessageThe conditions we saw early this morning were largely consistent with the Amber and Yellow warnings issued earlier by the Met Office, and this advice served us well. We did see a significant impact on the morning commute with several road closures, restrictions on some bridges and disruption to public transport, with every effort being made to return to normal as soon as is safe to do so. However, this is obviously a rapidly changing picture and I would urge people to continue to check the situation before travelling today, as well as over the weekend now that we have been advised further bad weather is on the way. Our focus is now on working with partner agencies to minimise the impact of the severe storms set to hit the far north this afternoon, particularly Shetland.
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister
105mph recorded in Lerwick
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Image source, Morag DonnanCumberland Street in the Gorbals, Glasgow
Image source, PAThe scaffolding from a house building site at Lenzie is pictured after it fell down overnight.
Image source, Sorcha/Weather WatchersDunvegan Head on the Isle of Skye
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In Edinburgh, a man's been taken to hospital after he was knocked down by flying debris.
Elsewhere in the capital, a tree has fallen onto a bus in the Murrayfield area.
Power lines have been downed from Caithness to Campbeltown, leaving 6,000 customers without electricity..
Gertrude is expected to hit Shetland hard this afternoon, with a rare red 'danger to life' alert issued after 100mph winds were forecast.
Image source, NFRS WestNow, Scotland has not been the only part of the UK battered by Strom Gertrude. In Northern Ireland, one family pet was sent airborne by the high winds.
Bumper the bunny’s hutch took flight in strong winds and firefighters had to perform a rabbit rescue from a rooftop in Omagh, County Tyrone.
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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said there was potential significant impact due to coastal flooding in Caithness and Sutherland,Orkney and Shetland.
Image source, bbElsewhere, the agency said river flooding was a risk in Findhorn, Nairn, Moray and Speyside.
Localised river and surface water flooding is also possible in Easter Ross and the Great Glen, Skye and Lochaber, Argyll and Bute, Central, and Tayside.
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Shona Gordan, from The Wisp in the Danderhall area of Edinburgh, contacted the BBC.
She said: "A plank of wood from a nearby building site came, bounced of a neighbour's car, which has dented it and cracked the windscreen, and hit our door.
"We are both incredibly lucky we weren't leaving at the time or we could have been killed"
Image source, Shona Gordan
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Riggers are pictured removing scaffolding from a house building site at Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire after it fell down overnight as a result of high winds from Storm Gertrude.
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