City centres and roads deserted as people urged not to travel during Storm Eowyn

IMAGES have shown empty railway stations and roads across Scotland as Storm Eowyn hits.

Our photographer captured the images as people were urged not to travel and all ScotRail services were cancelled.

A deserted Edinburgh city centre (Image: PA) (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire) All rail services have been cancelled (Image: Colin Mearns) Destruction caused by the wind (Image: NQ) (Image: NQ)

All rail services have been cancelled while hundreds of schools have had to close. 

We also told how around 10,000 homes had been left without power due to the strong winds. 

Wooden park benches blown over by the winds from Storm Eowyn in Princes Street Gardens (Image: PA) Princes Street in Edinburgh (Image: PA)

People have been urged not to travel (Image: Colin Mearns) Very few cars were spotted on roads this morning (Image: Colin Mearns) (Image: Colin Mearns)

📽️Very quiet streets in Glasgow this morning as the red weather warning comes into force pic.twitter.com/DEsypb8JJy

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A rare red weather warning has been issued for central Scotland with the Met Office warning of a “danger to life”.

The forecaster said “very strong winds” would cause “very dangerous conditions and significant disruption on Friday”.