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.
1. Stormy days in Sunderland
Sturdy Sunderland folk battled on through all of this over the years.
2. The deep mid winter of 1941
A snowplough tram clears a path through a winter storm in 1941.
3. Blowing in the wind
A 1964 wedding at Bishopwearmouth Church where the storms snapped the handle off the bride and groom's umbrella.
4. 15ft of damage
A workman next to the 15ft hole in the hull of the Iason which collided with the North Pier during storms in 1970.