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In pictures: Storm Éowyn's trail of damage

Getty Images The rear of a Police Scotland SUV with its blue lights flashing. It is blocking a road where a large tree has fallen from right to left across the way. There is a man in a large beige coat to the right of the frame. His corgi dog is walking along beside him.Getty Images
Police Scotland responded to almost 1,900 weather incidents

People across Scotland are trying to get back to normal after Storm Éowyn battered the country on Friday.

Buildings and trees were damaged across the central belt and southern Scotland, where the worst effects of the storm were felt.

Widespread travel disruption was caused across the rail and road networks, with fallen trees and parts of buildings being left as debris on tracks and roads.

The Met Office said Éowyn was "probably" the strongest storm to hit the UK in at least 10 years.

Getty Images Buchanan Street in Glasgow, looking down towards the entrance to St Enoch's underground station. It is dayight though very dark. There are red traffic lightts reflecting in the wet street and two people can be seen walking along with bags at a distance. Getty Images
Glasgow and Scotland's other city centres were deserted as the red weather warning came into effect
A group of six men in high visibility yellow and orange jackets are working to clear a large amount of metal debris from the car park of the Helensburgh leisure centre. A street lamp is leaning over at an alarming angle.
The roof of Helensburgh's leisure centre was torn off by the wind
Reuters A worker in helmet and orange high visibility coveralls is using a chainsaw to cut limbs from a large, fallen tree. Some Victorian Edinburgh flats can be seen in the background.Reuters
Hundreds of trees are estimated to have been brought down by the winds, like this one being cleared by a council worker in Edinburgh
PA Media A very battered looking old garden shed stands just on the edge of a railway track in the countryside. A diesel engine stands right beside it. It is sunny and the sky is blue.PA Media
Network Rail Scotland staff found a garden shed on the line between Perth and Stirling near Forgandenny.
Getty The Queensferry Crossing from Fife under very grey skies and with a broiling, grey Firth of Forth underneath.Getty
Bridges across the country faced closure or restrictions during the storm
PA Media A guard with long curly brown hair and an orange tabard stands alone in the station concourse. There are signs and barriers everywhere saying the trains are not running.PA Media
Railway stations such as Waverley in Edinburgh stayed empty as the weather closed the rail network.
PA Media The Co-Op in Denny near Falkirk viewed from the front is missing a whole stone wall on the right. The rubble is strewn across the road. PA Media
The Co-Op in Denny near Falkirk was left exposed to the elements after its outer wall collapsed into the street
PA Media A window on the top of a Victorian sandstone house in Troon. The roof above the window has been torn off and the inside is exposed to the wind and rain. PA Media
Homes in Troon on the Ayrshire coast were among the first places to face the full force of the storm