As Storm Eunice powers in across Lancashire we’ve delved into the archives to bring you some of the most dramatic images of storms and their aftermath which have battered the county.
Scenes from the coast at Blackpool show heavy seas and coastal flooding from some of the stormiest days dating back to the 1990s, with pictures of uprooted trees and damaged property further inland. Some of the more notable dates include Christmas 1997, January 2007 and November 2010.
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Gales batter Blackpool as ferocious storms hit Britain in January 2007
Photo: John Giles
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Waves invade the promenade near Blackpool Tower, 2005
Photo: Submit
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The wall at Thompsons Builders & Timber Merchants on Miller Road in Preston, which collapsed in the storm on Boxing Day night, 1998
Photo: IAN ROBINSON
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Remembrance Service in gale force winds and torrential rain at Blackpool Cenotaph in 2010
Photo: Bill Johnson
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A silhouette scene which captures the power of the waves off the Fylde Coast
Photo: Iain Lynn
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A bus on Blackpool Promenade is engulfed by a wave as gale force winds and high seas batter the resort on Thursday December 7, 2006
Photo: John Giles
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A Wigan Council tree surgeon cuts down a poplar tree in a garden at The Cherry Gardens after it was made unsafe by gales which blew down two others in 2007
Photo: Nick Fairhurst
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Gale force winds lift a pram off the ground at the corner of Adelaide Street West and the promenade, Blackpool, November 2011
Photo: Bill Johnson
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Bill Helm of Ashton, Preston with the 100 feet tall tree that missed his house by inches during gales in 1997
Photo: NEIL CROSS
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A car is trapped under a tree on Bolton Road, Chorley, after being felled in high winds, 1999
Photo: DAVID HURST
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The gable end in Broughton Street, Plungington, Preston, which came down in the high winds on Christmas Eve, 1997
Photo: LINDSEY NORTH
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Gale force winds batter Blackpool Promenade in January 2007
Photo: Martin Bostock
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Debris left after a storm in 1999 on Blackpool promenade
Photo: Dave Nelson
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Aftermath of storms showing mangled railings on Blackpool promenade in 1997
Photo: Bill Johnson
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The scene on Preston railway station on Christmas Day 1997 after strong winds which brought down part on the roof
Photo: Lindsey North
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Flooding on Blackpool promenade after the coastline was hit by gales reaching force 8 in 2005
Photo: Mark Pearson
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It wasn’t snowing in this picture at Cleveleys. Gale force winds and high tide in 2008 had caused gallons of froth to come over the sea wall on to the road
Photo: Submit
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Blackpool Fire Crews attend a storm damaged chimney, leaning precariously on Clifton Drive, Blackpool 2006
Photo: Martin Bostock
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Sections of roof litter Bairstow Street in Blackpool, including badly damaged cars, 2007
Photo: Rob Lock
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Hundreds of passengers stranded at Preston railway station, after power failures and cancellations from strong winds
Photo: Neil Cross
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This was the scene in Morecambe during a storm in February 1997
Photo: LORNE CAMPBELL
