New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- A section of the remnants of the historic West Pier in the popular southern England town of Brighton fell into the sea as it was buffeted by tall waves pushed by a storm the U.K.'s national forecaster has named Austen.

It's the latest diminution of the structure, which was set ablaze in 2003.

"Ever since the two devastating arson attacks in 2003, the West Pier has been whittled away by nature," said Professor Fred Grey, an honorary historian at the West Pier Trust. "All ruins are alive and ever-changing, and this is true of the West Pier."

The Met Office issued an amber warning - the second highest - for wind gusts of up to 80 mph (130 kph) in Cornwall and Devon as Storm Austen blows eastward along the English Cha...