Storm Éowyn was probably the strongest to hit the UK in the past 10 years, the Met Office has said.
At its height, it left more than 1 million people without power as hurricane-strength gusts battered the country, bringing widespread disruption to rail and air services.
A gust of 100mph (161km/h) was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire, while another reached 114mph in Mace Head, County Galway, in Ireland. One man died after a tree fell on his car in Feddyglass, County Donegal. He was later named as Kacper Dudek, 20.
Thousands of homes in Britain and Ireland were still without power on Saturday morning after thousands of trees were reported to have fallen on electricity cables. Officials said it would take days for travel and power services to be fully restored.
Forecasters also warned that a new weather front from the south-west was due to bring wet and windy weather as the weekend continued, with a chance of flooding in many areas.
A yellow warning for heavy rain is in place from 8am on Sunday to 6am on Monday, bringing a chance of local flooding in parts of the UK. It covers the East and West Midlands, east and south-east England, north-west and south-west England, and most of Wales.
Another yellow warning for heavy rain is in place from 6am to 11.59pm on Monday for the West Midlands and most of Wales.
The east, south-east, south-west of England and Wales are covered by a yellow weather warning for “strong and gusty winds” between Monday at 6am and the same time on Tuesday. Gusts near the coast could reach 60mph to 70mph, and 50mph inland.
In addition, a yellow warning for strong winds is in place for north and north-west Scotland from 6pm on Saturday to 6am on Sunday, and another for snow and ice across most of Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England from 6pm on Saturday to 10am on Sunday.
In Scotland, the first minister, John Swinney, appealed for patience from the public as power company staff and other workers struggled to restore power supplies and transport services. Storm Éowyn caused huge disruption to road, rail and ferry travel, and Swinney warned that repairs would “take some time to complete”.
Trains were delayed in Glasgow after a helicopter crew found a roof from a nearby building on tracks outside Queen Street station, while a man in the village of Dechmont, West Lothian said he had tied the bus shelter opposite his house to a lamp post to stop it being blown into the street.
Celtic’s match against Dundee on Saturday was also called off because the Glasgow football club’s Parkhead stadium was damaged during the storm.
Network Rail Scotland said it had received reports of almost 400 “incidents of damage”, including more than 120 reports of fallen trees. Signalling systems, overhead wires, stations, boundary fencing, level crossings and train depots were also damaged.
In addition, Police Scotland said it had responded to nearly 1,900 incidents linked to the storm.
In Northern Ireland, the assistant chief constable Davy Beck said it would take days to assess the full impact of the storm. “We’re only now starting to see the number of calls start to rise in respect of impacts, concerns for safety, and indeed, more and more reports in respect of roads blocked.”
NIE Networks, which operates electricity lines in Northern Ireland, said 185,000 properties remained without power on Saturday morning. The company said it hoped to restore power to the vast majority of homes and businesses over the coming days, though in some cases it could take up to 10 days to complete.
More than 1,100 flights were cancelled on Friday, with Dublin, Edinburgh, Heathrow and Glasgow the worst-affected airports.
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