Edinburgh graves damaged by fallen tree as capital assesses damage of Storm Floris
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Storm Floris caused damage across the capital as high winds battered Edinburgh with an amber weather warning in place.
Sadly a local cemetery fell victim to the chaotic weather with a fallen tree damaging two headstones in the west of the city.
On Monday August 4, locals shared their concerns after a large tree could be seen lying on top of several headstones in Corstorphine Hill Cemetery.
An Edinburgh Council team is understood to have travelled to the site to examine the destruction and efforts have been made to contact the impacted families.
Cllr Margaret Graham, culture and communities convener said: 'Our teams are out assessing damaged caused by recent Storm Floris.
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"Unfortunately, there is one tree down in Corstorphine Hill cemetery which has damaged two headstones.
"We are attempting to contact families and are hopeful we will be able to carry out repairs quickly.'
Edinburgh Live reported how Storm Floris caused chaos for those across the central belt, with trains cancelled and delayed due to fierce winds.
The amber weather warning was in place across Monday 4 and Tuesday August 5.
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The intense weather became so problematic that a flight arriving from London Gatwick at Edinburgh Airport had to return to the English capital after two failed landing attempts.
The Forth Road bridge and Queensferry Crossing were closed to high vehicles while the Tyne Bridge in East Lothian was closed to all vehicles.
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