Sustained pelshings and thunder-plumps took their toll yesterday, with homes across Broughton suffering leaky roofs, burst downpipes, and overflowing drains.
The Scots Pine pictured here, rooted in the loose, saturated soil of the cemetery, finally succumbed and now neatly bridges the Water of Leith on Warriston Road.
Residents in Bonnington narrowly escaped flooding as the Water of Leith rose over a metre and threatened to overtop part of the wall which had been partially taken down during recent engineering works.
By some quirk, the Gormleys remained upright throughout.
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