Hottest year ever update: "the big freeze has become so severe in Scotland that even office workers in the capital are not safe from avalanches"

Snow mass plummets 4 storeys narrowly missing people on Edinburgh street | Mail Online

Skiing and mountaineering enthusiasts accept avalanches as an recreational hazard but pedestrians in Edinburgh rarely need to keep an eye out for cascades of snow crashing from above.

But, as thrilling new video footage reveals, the big freeze has become so severe in Scotland that even office workers in the capital are not safe from avalanches.