Photos: Severe Weather Battered UK And Ireland

Waves crash against the railway embankment as a train edges along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland. (PA)

Parts of United Kingdom and Ireland are now on high alert for severe floods as high tides, heavy rain and strong winds battered the areas.

High tides during bad storm could cause severe flooding.

The South-West, Wales, and Gloucestershire are expected to be the worst hit by this Atlantic storm.

Wales is preparing for the highest tides in 17 years.

More than 400 weather warnings and alerts have been issued in every region of England and Wales.

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Council workers place sand bags on Plymouth’s famous Mayflower Steps in the early hours of morning to prevent flooding. (SWNS)

Waves crash against the railway embankment as a train edges along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland. (PA)

A road in Amroth, West Wales, has fallen into the sea after being repeatedly hit and eroded by the strong waves. (Rex)

Waves crash against the railway embankment as a train edges along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland. (PA)

Waves crash against Clevedon seafront, North Somerset. (SWNS)

A sunny day in Gloucestershire but heavy rain over the New Year have caused the River Severn to break it’s banks near Tewkesbury Abbey. (SWNS)

Waves of up to 10m are expected to hit Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Residents of coastal towns have been warned to stay away from visiting the seafront to inspect the waves as it can be dangerous. (SWNS)

Huge waves batter the seafront at Porthcawl in South Wales. The Met Office has also warned of wind and rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland. High tides are expected in Northern Ireland and residents of Belfast have been warned that parts of the city could be evacuated due to flooding. (SWNS)

High seas batter the Cobb at Lyme Regis, Dorset. (SWNS)

Cool Canadian Tire Ice Truck By Iceculture (Videos)

 

Experts drove the ice truck for one mile at 12mph. (Caters)

An ice pickup truck made out of 11,000lbs of ice was sculpted by a team named ‘Iceculture’ in Ontario, Canada.

The cool truck has a steel frame to provide extra support and it was made for Canadian Tire, to show how well car batteries it makes hold up in extreme cold.

The truck is not only beautiful to look at, but we can take a cool ride on it.

To prove it, a team from ‘Iceculture’ drove the vehicle for a mile at 12mph.

And it comes together with license plates, a pine tree-shaped air freshener, and special fans to prevent the exterior from melting.

The truck is now reckon in the Guinness World Record.

It must be very interesting to ride on the cool ice truck!

And it took 40 hours for the ice truck to melt.

Please click here to learn more about this cool truck.