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Monday 15 October 2012 Gallery

Great Storm of 1987 - in pictures

A car crushed by a fallen tree in the aftermath of the great storm of 1987, 17th October 1987. (Photo: Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)

A policeman surveys the damage on a London road following the storm which swept southern England. (Photo: Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)

A London bus drives past fallen trees after the worst storm in England for nearly 300 years. (Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)

An uprooted tree in the aftermath of the great storm of 1987. (Photo by Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)

The Hengist, a Sealink passenger ferry run aground at Folkestone after the great storm. (Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)

After clearing the damage, staff at Wakehurst spent until the early 1990s planning its restoration. (Credit: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

Wakehurst took three approaches to restoration: A third of the storm-hit area was replanted with carefully selected native trees (Credit: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Despite the devastation of the storm, acres of conifers were replaced by native species and the deadwood and open spaces provided new habitats. (Woodland Trust)

The storm destroyed Sheffield Park's symmetrical lake sides. 'It changes the way we look at the garden' says head gardener Andy Jesson. (NT / Lisa Barnard)

During the storm many parts of the country were left without power as winds which reached 100mph. (Woodland Trust)

Ashenbank Wood in Kent was extensively damaged. Many trees blown down across the the 78 acre site. (Woodland Trust)

The visual evidence of the storm still remains - some trees that survived blown over are now growing at an peculiar angle like this one at Ashenbank Wood. (Woodland Trust)

Of the defining images of the great storm was a Sevenoaks in Kent which lost six of its seven oaks. (Sevenoaks District Council)

Photo 1/13 A car crushed by a fallen tree in the aftermath of the great storm of 1987, 17th October 1987. (Photo: Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)

A look back at the great storm of 1987 which ripped across the south east of England, leaving 18 people dead.