Tragic story behind Britain's first ever named storm... and how unexpected gale changed the Met Office forever

The history of storm alerts and the iconic Shipping Forecast broadcast by BBC Radio 4 each day can be traced back more than 150 years to 1859 in the early days of the forecasting agency.

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