Storm hit UK and France

By Guido Trombetta on 10:41 AM ,
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Toby Melville/Reuters
Waves and strong winds hit the Seaford Lighthouse in Sussex


Two days ago rough waters and a heavy storm has hit United Kingdom (particularly Dorset) and France with winds up to 130km/h. Take a look at the following images to have a clear idea of how bad the weather on the english coasts was.

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Andrew Yates/AFP
Curious spectators look at a ship, victim of the bad weather


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Toby Melville/Reuters
Waves and strong winds hit the Seaford Lighthouse in Sussex


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Luke MacGregor/Reuters
A man walks by the rough waters in Brighton


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Chris Ison/AP
Huge waves hit Dorset


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Chris Ison/AP
Southampton flooded by heavy rains


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Chris Ison/AP
Huge waves hit Dorset


In the meanwhile in France
The dutch ship "Artemis" was pushed by those same winds on the beach of Sables d'Olonne in France. Becoming soon a tourist attraction... a scene that lately we've seen several times, for example here

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Stephane Mahe/Reuters

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1 Response to 'Storm hit UK and France'

  1. Anonymous
    http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/storm-hit-uk-and-france.html?showComment=1205328660000#c4832429894485210329'> March 12, 2008 at 2:31 PM

    watch out your usual walk....!
    Can anyone teach me to swim?? You never know..