GLOBAL COASTAL EVENT: Storm Imogen Rages, Blasts French Town With Foam; Orange Weather Warning, The Second Most Severe Level, Issued For Western France! [VIDEOS]

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February 9, 2016 - FRANCE - Like scenes from an old-school horror flick, a freaky blanket of foam has emerged menacingly from the Atlantic Ocean, eating up stretches of road in a coastal town in Brittany.

Strong winds have sent heaps of thick foam over the flood walls of Saint Guenole Port and onto the streets of Penmarch.

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The creamy foam phenomenon, which resembles a wave of porridge, is the result of wind whipping up dead algae, proteins, sea salt, and pollution into a frothy brew, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains.

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An orange weather warning - the second most severe level - has been issued for much of the western of France by Meteo France in recent days. The deluge of suds has engulfed roadways, burying signs and lampposts in the fishing town.

Video from the area shows the terrifying blizzard sweeping over coastal defences and covering everything in its path.


WATCH: Raging Storm Imogen blasts French town with foam.

It’s not the first time the moussey deluge has emerged from the sea.


WATCH: In footage filmed back in March 2014, locals standing on the shoreline appear to be swallowed whole by incoming waves of sea foam.

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GLOBAL COASTAL EVENT: French Coast Hit With The Biggest "Tide Of The Century"!

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March 21, 2015 - FRANCE - After the excitement of Friday's solar eclipse, thousands of visitors have flocked to France's coastal areas for the chance to see the biggest tide in 18 years.

Thousands of visitors made their way to coastal areas in Brittany and Normandy on Saturday morning to catch this year's spring tides, which are billed to rise as high as 14 meters above their usual level following Friday's solar eclipse, which saw the Earth, moon, and sun in alignment.

Referred to as the 'tide of the century' in the French press, the phenomenon actually takes place every 18 years; this week's is the first of this millennium, and follows exceptionally high tides seen on March 10, 1997.

The picturesque 11th century fortified island of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, which is usually buffeted by high tides, was a popular destination, with ten thousand people going to see the UNESCO-listed monastery surrounded by rising water before the tide receded from sight, exposing areas of beach and rock which will next be visible in 2033.

On Friday the tidal coefficient, which ranges from 20 to 120 and measures the height between consecutive high and low tides, was recorded at 118 on Brittany's Atlantic Coast, and reached 119 on Saturday, the joint highest ever recorded. The super high tide is also expected to affect coastlines along the North Sea, the English Channel and to a lesser extent, the Mediterranean. - Sputnik.

MASS BIRD DIE-OFF: Over 21,000 Birds Killed In France By Winter Storms!

February 27, 2014 - FRANCE - Violent storms that have battered France and other parts of Europe this winter are to blame for the deaths of thousands of birds, according to French society for the protection of birds.

A photo taken on Feb. 10 shows the bodies of puffins washed up on a beach in Sainte-Marie-de-Re,
western France, after heavy storms. (Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images)

A total of 21,341 dead birds were found in western France by 500 volunteers working on three weekends, the French League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) said in a statement Wednesday.

France has not seen a bird "slaughter" this large since 1900, the Agence France-Presse reports.

The worst-affected species were the Atlantic puffin, the common murre and the razor-billed auk, LPO said.

Nearly 2,800 injured birds were taken to rescue centers, the league said.

The birds killed were primarily killed on Bay of Biscay and Brittany, on the Atlantic Coast, as a string of winter storms buffeted Europe in January and February.

LPO's Nicolas Gendre told AFP the birds died of exhaustion or starvation as a result of days of gale-force winds, which made it impossible for them to fish. - Wunderground.