STORM Eowyn has been “pretty exceptional” and was “probably the strongest storm” to hit the UK in at least 10 years, the Met Office has said.
It was the most intense in “more like 20 or 30 years” for some parts of the country, forecasters added.
A gust of 100mph was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire on Friday as parts of the country faced strong winds.
The storm eased slightly overnight but those carrying out recovery work in Scotland will still face some “fairly difficult” conditions, the Met Office said.
A yellow warning for strong winds is in place for much of Scotland until 3pm on Saturday, where gusts could reach 50-60mph inland, 60-70mph on exposed coasts and hills and possibly 70-80mph in the Northern Isles.
Yellow snow and ice warnings are in place until 11am in parts of the country too.
Meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “The winds have still been strong nonetheless overnight, so it’s definitely not the calm after the storm today.
“It’s certainly a calmer day, but there is still going to be strong winds around, particularly across Scotland today, but for most of the UK, it’s certainly a much brighter and less windy picture, at least for most of Saturday.
“Thousands of homes (are) still without power this morning, thousands of trees came down onto power cables, and a lot of disruption to transport will continue, probably through the next few days, and I think that there’s still going to be some fairly difficult conditions for recovery operations.”
On Saturday morning Network Rail Scotland said nearly 400 “incidents of damage” have been found including more than 120 reports of fallen trees following Storm Eowyn.
Signalling systems, overhead wires, stations, boundary fencing, level crossings and train depots were also damaged, it added.
Sunday brings a new set of weather warnings.
South-western parts of Scotland are covered by a yellow wind warning until 3pm on Sunday.
South to south-westerly winds will be accompanied by heavy rain and widely bring 50 to 60mph winds, the Met Office said.
Some exposed coasts and hills may feel gusts up to 70mph.
ScotRail previously said all of its services across Scotland would remain suspended until midday on Saturday at the earliest.
The Scottish Government said 106,000 properties were without power late on Friday evening.
