National Public Radio: Britain's southwest coast is getting slammed by a winter storm, with high winds driving waves as high as 27 feet ashore in an unusual event that meteorologists say is likely linked to the bone-chilling "polar vortex" gripping much of the U.S.
The U.K. Met Office is warning of continued "exceptionally high waves."
It said the waves were triggered by a large, deep depression in the Atlantic which was "whipping waves up" out at sea.
The Associated Press reports that: "It said the storm is loosely...