Hurricane Lorenzo: Huge Waves Hit Azores as Storm Moves Away

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Eyewitness footage captured a huge wave rolling over a coastal road in the Azores, Wednesday, October 2, as the storm moves away from the Portuguese islands.
Lorenzo was previously a Category 5 hurricane, the strongest storm ever observed so far north and east in the Atlantic basin. It is already producing huge seas over the North Atlantic, according to the hurricane center.
Severe weather conditions are not uncommon in the exposed island chain. But hurricanes usually wind down by the time they reach the area's cooler waters.
Nuno Moreira, head of the weather department at Portugal's Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, says Lorenzo is so big that it is taking longer than usual to weaken.

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