Ireland’s Atlantic coastline is getting absolutely pulverized. And in County Mayo, one wave appears to have gone looking for a fight with an entire cliff.
In a jaw-dropping Instagram clip , a massive swell crashes against the rocky shoreline. Whitewater rockets upward, reportedly reaching 40 feet as spray engulfs the cliffside. It’s less like a wave breaking than the Atlantic trying to climb onto land.
The spectacle comes amid what CNN meteorologist Dakota Smith’s latest report calls a “parade of storms” marching across Europe. See the clip below.
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The CNN report summarizes the extraordinary stretch: “Three storms walloped Western Europe in just four days, disrupting travel and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands.”
The trouble began with Storm Austen, which lashed Britain and France with damaging winds and surf. In France, nearly 300,000 homes lost electricity at the storm’s peak.…