<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/12/ireland_battered.jpg"><h2>ireland battered.jpg</h2>Waves batter the Antrim coast road in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Thousands of homes are still without power after the winds brought down power lines.<br><strong>Picture by: </strong><em>Paul Faith/PA Wire/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/12/RNLI_rescue.jpg"><h2>RNLI rescue.jpg</h2>The RNLI rescues those trapped in their houses in Rhyl, north Wales. A combination of high water and strong winds caused flooding so high the RNLI was needed.<br><strong>Picture by:</strong> <em>Peter Byrne/PA Wire/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/12/german_ferry_port.jpg"><h2>german ferry port.jpg</h2>Waves pour over the ferry pier terminal in Dagebuell, Germany. As the Xaver storm passed through Europe it pushed the high water over the land, causing devastation in UK and foreign coastal towns. <br><strong>Picture by:</strong> <em>Carsten Rehder/DPA/Press Association Imag</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/12/German_ferry.jpg"><h2>German ferry.jpg</h2>A ferry on the River Elbe in Hamburg pushes through stormy conditions within the port. North Germany was hit particularly hard by the Xaver storm over the past few days.<br><strong>Picture by:</strong> <em>Bodo Marks/DPA/Press Association Images</em><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2013/12/German_SAR.jpg"><h2>German SAR.jpg</h2>The German Search and Rescue boat <em>Bernhard Gruben</em> patrols the North Sea during the Xaver storm. Winds of up to 140mph were recorded by the Met Office.<br><strong>Picture by:</strong> <em>Frank Kahl/DPA/Press Association Images</em>
