Broomielaw closed after building collapse during Storm Amy

A stretch of Glasgow city centre was closed Friday evening after part of a building collapsed onto a parked car as Storm Amy battered the region with heavy rain and gale force winds. Glasgow City Council said the Broomielaw was shut to all traffic in both directions between York Street and Oswald Street, and police urged drivers to avoid the area while emergency services made the scene safe.

Council officials said the collapse occurred during the height of the storm on Friday and is believed to have involved hoardings from a derelict building formerly known as the Minstrels Pub. By Saturday morning the westbound carriageway had reopened but the eastbound side remained closed while crews inspected and cleared debris. Separately, a chimney fell from a tenement roof in the Mount Florida area, and emergency teams were called to attend to rubble and assess risks to passersby.

Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season, brought widespread disruption across Scotland and beyond. The Met Office issued an amber wind warning covering northern areas into Saturday evening and yellow warnings across much of the country through the weekend, with gusts as high as 100 miles per hour reported...