A section of the main motorway linking Scotland and England remains closed southbound after reports of multiple lorries being blown over during Storm Bram.
Traffic Scotland said the M74 was shut between junctions 12 and 13 near Abington in South Lanarkshire overnight but the northbound carriageway had now reopened. Drivers travelling south face a diversion involving a minor road.
The agency described it as a “police incident” but drivers reported on social media seeing between six and 13 HGVs on their sides.
The second named storm of the season has also caused problems for rail travellers with fallen trees and damaged overhead cables, and at least 1,000 properties have been left without power.
Network Rail said the central Glasgow-Neilson route would remain closed for the rest of the day as overhead cables had been damaged by a fallen tree.
One train was struck by a trampoline that blew onto the railway line south of Perth on Tuesday evening, but it was able to continue its journey.
ScotRail warned travellers that the resumption of some Wednesday services would be delayed as lines had to be checked for obstacles.
Storm Bram, named by the Irish weather service Met Éireann, prompted an amber alert for much of north west Scotland.
The rest of the country apart from most southern parts are still covered by a yellow warning for high winds, and high winds could still affect the Northern Isles.
At its height, gusts of 76mph were recorded on South Uist in the Western Isles with similar speeds also felt in Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
Some homes and businesses were left without power with SSEN’s website showing about 1,000 customers affected by outages in various areas north of the central belt.
SP Energy Networks said its engineers were also working to restore supplies to some customers in the south of the country.
The storm was accompanied by heavy rain in many areas, and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued 19 flood warnings – mainly in Tayside and southern Scotland – as well as 15 flood alerts.
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