How does Storm Eunice compare with UK’s worst weather in recent history?

Giant waves crash over Seaham lighthouse near Durham in February 2018, when the beast from the east brought heavy snow and freezing temperatures to much of the country. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Thirty-five years ago Michael Fish chirpily told BBC television viewers that a woman had called in and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. “If you’re watching,” he told the woman, “don’t worry, there isn’t.”

Of course Fish was correct, it was not a hurricane. But it was an unforgettable monster of a storm that caused incredible damage and killed 18 people.