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Open Image ModalWaves crash over the sea wall at Porthcawl in Wales as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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Open Image Modal Brighton seafront takes a battering. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image Modal A woman leans into the wind on the beach in Brighton. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse take a battering. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBruno, a bearded collie cross, walks in the wind in Newquay in Cornwall, England. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA lorry trailer that has been blown over in the wind is seen in Newquay. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash over the Longships Lighthouse just off Land's End. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA man looks on as a wave hits the beach. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWaves hit the shore in Newhaven. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWaves hit the shore on February In East Sussex. (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA jogger is as she braves the stormy seafront at Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:ben Mitchell/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalGales force wind almost blows visitors off their feet at Portland Bill, near Southwell in Dorset, as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours, (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalNewhaven Harbour wall and lighthouse. (credit:Mike Hewitt via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBruno, a bearded collie cross, walks in the wind in Newquay. (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA group of youngsters struggle to find balance at Brighton Pier as Storm Imogen batters the south of Britain with winds of nearly 100mph. (credit: Isabel Infantes )
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Open Image ModalA group of youngsters struggle to find balance at Brighton Pier as Storm Imogen batters the south of Britain with winds of nearly 100mph. (credit: Isabel Infantes )
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Open Image ModalWaves crash onto the shoreline at Portland Bill, near Southwell in Dorset, as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours, (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash onto the shoreline at Portland Bill. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash on Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Hampshire as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:ben Mitchell/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalYoungsters struggle to find balance at Brighton Pier. (credit: Isabel Infantes )
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Open Image ModalA couple get a close look at the waves crashing the harbour wall in Brighton as Storm Imogen slams the south with gales and torrential rain. (credit: Isabel Infantes )
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Open Image ModalStorm Imogen whips the sea into a writhing foam at Cryode in North Devon. (credit:Rosie Kelsey / SWNS.com)
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Open Image ModalPeople struggle with the wind in Brighton as Storm Imogen slams the south with gales and torrential rain.. (credit: Isabel Infantes )
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Open Image ModalStorm Imogen whips the sea into a writhing foam at Cryode in North Devon. (credit:Offshore Croyde / SWNS.com)
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Open Image ModalStorm Imogen has whipped up the surf at Watergate Bay, Cornwall and like a giant washing machine created a mass of white foam covering the entire beach. (credit:Neil Hope / SWNS.com)
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Open Image ModalWhen taking a photo of storm Imogen seemed a good idea at the time. (credit:Graham Mitchell / Splash News)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash against the lighthouse on the harbour arm in Dover, Kent, as storm Imogen sweeps across the southern regions of the country. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalA DFDS Ferry is battered by waves as she arrives at the Port of Dover in Kent as storm Imogen sweeps across the southern regions of the country. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalAn overturned lorry on the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalRecovery vehicles work to right an overturned lorry on the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalA windswept Hastings in East Sussex, as Britain was lashed by hurricane-force winds that reached nearly 100mph as Storm Imogen battered southern parts of the country and left commuters braced for havoc on the transport networks. (credit:Tom Pugh/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalThe P&O Pride of Burgundy is battered by waves as she arrives at the Port of Dover in Kent as storm Imogen sweeps across the southern regions of the country. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash over the sea wall at Porthcawl in Wales as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalA man watches the waves crash against the harbour wall in Lyme Regis, Dorset as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours, (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash against the harbour wall in Lyme Regis, Dorset as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours, (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash over the sea wall at Porthcawl in Wales as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours, (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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Open Image ModalWaves crash over the sea wall at Porthcawl in Wales as winds of nearly 100mph battered Britain after Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast bringing fierce gusts and torrential downpours. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)