Leeds has witnessed its fair share of stormy weather down the years with the city and its residents battered by mother nature. A vicious storm hit the city in November 1973 and caused the closure of the busy shopping precinct Commercial Street in the city centre after slates blew down. The bad weather also blew roofs off properties and caused substantial damage to businesses. Bad weather in January 1983 left cars under rubble while another bout of stormy weather in January 1984 blew a bus off the road. Fast forward to 2007 and, as our photos show, there was chaos after the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre were broken by heavy rain. READ MORE: The Leeds flood warning siren - Everything you need to know LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Stormy Leeds
This car was left under a pile of rubble on Hanover Square in Leeds after stormy weather in January 1983.
8. Stormy Leeds
September 1983 and a caravan was blown from its standing in a field off Headlands Road at Ossett.
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January 1984 and stormy weather blew this bus off the road and on to the edge of a field at Sherburn-in-Elmet.
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Januaury 1984 and Chester Cullingworth and his wife Elise were in bed in Swillington when the roof of the adjoining room caved in during stormy weather.
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Heavy rain brought flooding to Kirkstall in December 2015. Photo: Bruce Rollinson
12. Stormy Leeds
Motorists drive through flood waters after the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre were broken by heavy rain fall in June 2007. Photo: Gareth Copley