Memory Lane: How historic weather events have battered the Fylde coastline

Whilst many local people will remember key storm events, such as the well documented Great Storm of 1987, or Fleetwood being submerged by the tide when the seawall burst in November 1977, there have been scores of other flooding events. Freak rain storms and super high tides have caused chaos across the coast, particularly at this time of year.As well as the more memorable storms, we’ve picked out a handful of weather pictures from lesser known events caused by the elements. Readers may remember some of them.