A MASSIVE £1.2m repair job was needed on a Weymouth pier that was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. The storm, on the evening of October 15, 1987, hit the south of England and particularly badly.

Nearly four decades ago, the Great Storm of 1987 struck the United Kingdom, causing around one billion pounds in damage to the affected regions Forecasters had a difficult time predicting the storm, ...

Europe began this week bracing itself against one of the most powerful storms in years. Gusts of 99 m.p.h. trailed across parts of southern Britain before heading toward mainland northwestern Europe, ...

Hours before the deadly Great Storm of 1987 devastated Britain, weatherman Michael Fish famously told viewers not to worry about a 'hurricane' on the way. But history's worst forecasting failure is ...