25 powerful weather photos of storms which have battered Blackpool and Lancashire as Storm Amy hits

As Storm Amy 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. Do you remember any of these weather events?

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7. Storm scenes

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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8. storm scenes

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