Genoa getting smashed : photo courtesy Associated Press

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Genoa / Italy smashed by big waves in late October storm

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 1 November, 2008 : - - The strong storm that passed through Europe earlier this week, bringing the coldest and snowiest October day to many places also caused huge waves on the coast of Portugal (OK fine, they have the Atlantic there)... but also on the coast of Italy from the Mediterranean Sea!

Yachting Monthly tells of severe boat damage and one death on the island of Majorca off Spain's east cost. SkyNews reported that a ferry nearly capsized in the Italian port of Genoa (shown above) amid 70 mph winds. Check out these photos courtesy* the Associated Press:

 

Surfer Tuesday, Oct. 28 Baleal, Portugal : Photo courtesy AP Photo/Armando Franca

 

On Thursday October  30, 2008 high waves and heavy winds battered the coast of Genoa, Italy as a wave of bad weather had been hitting Italy during the previous few days.  OnTuesday, October 28, 2008, at Baleal beach, north of Lisbon, strong winds hit the Portuguese coast with speeds reaching 65 kilometers per hour, 40 mph.

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