Major travel delays are being caused as heavy rain continues to batter Scotland.

Yellow weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms are in place across the country until 6am on Sunday.

Trains are delayed as well as having problems with leaks while there are huge tailbacks on the roads.

Rail services to and from Edinburgh have been disrupted, with reduced carriages in place.

Passengers have also complained of leaks on the trains due to heavy rain.

High winds have also caused a tree branch to strike overhead wires at Bishopton in Renfrewshire, forcing services to Glasgow Central to be cancelled.

Meanwhile, rush-hour delays are being caused on the M8, M80, M74 and the Queensferry Crossing.

Police have urged drivers to reduce their speed due to the weather.

Ferries from Annan, Bute, Dunoon and Gigha have also been cancelled while others have been delayed.

STV Weather presenter Laura Piper said: "We will see persistent rainfall on Friday as that band of rain pushes through. Combined with wind speeds of around 40mph that could also cause quite a bit of surface spray on the roads.

"Once that band of rain clears I'm afraid we have even more rain on the way as we go into the weekend with heavy thundery showers and potentially hail.

"The worst of these conditions are expected to hit central and southern Scotland.

"These will be heavy, slow moving showers which means that we could be in for around 30-40mm of rainfall BUT could even in the rare local spot see rainfall of up to 60mm.

"The impact could be more localised flooding and travel disruption, particularly in areas where the ground has not had a chance to recover."