The city has been forced to deal with its fair share of extreme weather events of near biblical proportions through the decades. And the flooding has brought commuter chaos, rescues, cancellations and postponements. Yet each time residents responded with a spirit and defiance to be proud of. How many of these extreme episodes of flooding do you remember? CHANGING LEEDS: Demolished Leeds landmarks | Leeds International Pool | Leeds Inner Ring Road |Corn Exchange | City Square | Vicar Lane | Dark Arches LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join the Leeds Retro facebook group
1. February 2002
A firefighter helps a couple across the floodwaters on Bridge Street, Otley. | jpimedia
2. February 2002
A member of the Police Underwater Search Unit carries a young boy across the flooding in Bridge Street, Otley. | jpimedia
3. August 2002
A stranded Ilkley Tennis Club whose courts were left under water due to the flooding from the River Wharfe Photo: Bruce Rollinson
4. July 2002
Storms brought chaos to the city just before rush hour. An ambulance driver ponders how to help a stramnded colleague and patients on the Leeds Inner Ring Road. | jpimedia Photo: Bruce Rollinson
5. June 2007
Schoolchildren run through flood waters after the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre were broken by heavy rain. | pa Photo: Gareth Copley
6. August 2004
Cars drive through flooding under the railway bridge at Armley gyratory in the summer of 2004. | jpimedia Photo: Bruce Rollinson