Storm Babet brought chaos to large parts of the North East and it's not over yet.
Coping with storms has become part and parcel of Wearside life over the decades and brought some dramatic scenes with them.
We've got Echo archive reminders of the year when a ship slammed into the docks and suffered a 15ft tear, rugby players battling through a snow storm, and the brolly disappearing into the distance at a 1964 wedding.
5. Stormy at A&P
Sunderland South Docks shipyard of Austin and Pickersgill where waves crashing against the south breakwater reached 100 feet high in 1975. Work on the after-end of ships on the berths had to be suspended. | se
7. Dramatic in 2013
Sections of the promenade rail were disappearing into the sea in this 2013 storm. | se
8. A surge in the East End
The River Wear broke its banks at the Fish Quay in Sunderland's East End in 2013. | se