The first minister asks for patience as power outages and travel disruption look set to last over the weekend.

Thousands of homes are still without power days after Storm Éowyn caused destruction across Scotland. Scottish Power Energy Networks, which supplies central and southern Scotland, said 3,000 properties were still waiting to be reconnected on Monday evening.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Disruption is continuing after Storm Eowyn battered Scotland, claiming one life and leaving thousands without power. On Sunday evening around 16,000 properties were still without electricity as power companies worked to restore supplies after the storm on Friday.

Thousands of properties remain without power and disruption to rail services continues four days after Storm Eowyn battered Scotland. Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after the storm hit on Friday and around 2,