A couple avoid waves as they walk on the near Blackpool, northern England, March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday with winds and tide bringing the risk of coastal flooding. [Agencies]

Stormy seas hit coastal sea defences and a lighthouse at Seaford in Sussex in southern England March 10, 2008. A storm rushing in from the Atlantic lashed the south west on Monday with winds and tide bringing the risk of coastal flooding. [Agencies]