Winter Storm Hercules Wreaks Havoc on Europe

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Sao Pedro de Moel, 20 kms north of Nazaré. Photo: Jose Pinto

Broken fences at Sao Pedro de Moel. Photo: Jose Pinto

Hercules slams into Portugal. Photo: Jose Pinto

$Porto Moniz, Portugal, taking the brunt of it. Photo: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/8Oito\"> 8Oito Photo</a>$

Porto Moniz, Portugal, taking the brunt of it. Photo: 8Oito Photo

Cliff explosions in Sagres, Portugal. Photo: Hugo Branco Duarte

Pulled back from the cliffs. Photo: Jose Pinto

This does not look like the safest place to get a closer look at Nazaré. Photo: Jose Pinto

Dark and stormy in Portugal. Photo: Jose Pinto

$Over the seawall. Porto Moniz, Portugal. Photo: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/8Oito\"> 8Oito Photo</a>$

Over the seawall. Porto Moniz, Portugal. Photo: 8Oito Photo

Unruly Nazaré lines. Photo: Jose Pinto

$It\'s not just Nazaré\'s wave that makes it amazing. Photo: Jose Pinto$

It's not just Nazaré's wave that makes it amazing. Photo: Jose Pinto

$If the lighthouse isn\'t enough warning to stay off the rocks, the gigantic waves should be. Photo: Jose Pinto$

If the lighthouse isn't enough warning to stay off the rocks, the gigantic waves should be. Photo: Jose Pinto

$Mullaghmore monster. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

Mullaghmore monster. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$Chased by a beast at Mullaghmore Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

Chased by a beast at Mullaghmore Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$Mullaghmore. Pure excitement. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

Mullaghmore. Pure excitement. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$Just barely hanging on at Mullaghmore. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

Just barely hanging on at Mullaghmore. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$#1 in a massive sequence. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

#1 in a massive sequence. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$#2. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

#2. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$#3. No takers. Photo: Michal Czubala/<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreWatersportsMullaghmore\">Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore</a>$

#3. No takers. Photo: Michal Czubala/Offshore Watersports Mullaghmore

$It\'s a beautiful view from this patio. Photo: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/8Oito\"> 8Oito Photo</a>$

It's a beautiful view from this patio. Photo: 8Oito Photo

$Just a bit of white water. Porto Moniz, Portugal. Photo: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/8Oito\"> 8Oito Photo</a>$

Just a bit of white water. Porto Moniz, Portugal. Photo: 8Oito Photo

Winter Storm Hercules pounded the United States and Canada with record-setting low temperatures, brutal winds and all around chaos. As it continued on its violent swath east across the Atlantic, it ran into Europe, where it whipped the ocean into a violent frenzy. These are a few images from a few places that got in the way.

See how Hercules got along with the Irish coast at Mullaghmore and in Portugal as well.

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