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Sunday, November 30, 2014

WILD WEATHER AND AMAZING SURF ON PORTUGAL'S COAST AND THE CANARY ISLANDS

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Thrill-seeking surfers ride huge Atlantic Ocean swell off Portuguese beach where daredevil set world record.
 
  • Surfers take on huge waves in northern Portugal where surfer Garrett McNamara set a world record in 2011
  • The site has become a shrine for thrillseeking boarders as large Atlantic swells create massive waves
  • Photos taken yesterday show a group of daredevils catching waves which could easily turn deadly
     

    • The surf is best in the winter when Atlantic winds pick up, creating giant waves along the Portugal coast north of Lisbon. Pictured yesterday is a surfer dropping straight down the face of a wave
     
    See additional images and read about the Canary Islands

     
    A surfer is pictured yesterday riding the base of the wave only metres away from the destructive and potentially deadly white water
     
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     CHAOS IN THE CANARIES
    • In summer they attract thousands of Brits - but the Canary Islands have been lashed by gales which uprooted road signs and caused travel chaos.
    • Usually tranquil beaches in Tenerife were emptied as 30ft waves crashed over the shore, while schools in Lanzarote were ordered to shut as the weather closed in on Friday.
    • Dozens of flights were cancelled and severely delayed 
    • Five of the seven islands were on red alert - the highest possible - for high winds on Friday night, which was later reduced to a yellow alert or none at all for today.
     
    Crashing: Waves crashing on the shore in Tenerife. The storms claimed the life of one man who was hit in the face with a piece of sheet metal
    Crashing waves on the shore of Tenerife.
     
    See additional images
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854595/Popular-holiday-destination-Canary-Islands-battered-80mph-winds-freak-storm-uproots-trees-sends-waves-crashing-beaches.html
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