Gale-force winds near Mealista, west coast, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A winter dog walker watches the waves in a gale on the beach Gwenver near Sennen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Portland tide race in a Force 8 gale off Portland Bill, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force westerly winds build large waves in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gale force westerly winds build large waves in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult cape petrel (Daption capense) flying in gale force winds in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Early morning in a gale at Porthleven, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult cape petrel (Daption capense) flying in gale force winds in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gale force westerly winds build large waves in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gale force westerly winds build large waves in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult cape petrel (Daption capense) flying in gale force winds in the Drake Passage, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chelsea Pensioner Alan Gale at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in uniform with his military medals reading a book on wood carving

Windswept trees in barren landscape in The Burren, County Clare, West of Ireland

Garifuna boy, Emmeth Young, Gales Point, Belize, Central America

Portrait of elderly man at window of house, Gales Point, Belize, Central America

Rugged west coast of Lewis, battered by north-westerly gales, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A high tide pushed by gale force winds flooding the sea front in Blakeney, Norfolk, UK.

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds and crashing waves battering the coastal defences in Harrington, Workington, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The West Coast railway line during a storm near Workington in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A flood protection device on a house to protect from flooding caused by high spring tides and gale force winds, Sandside, near Arnside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Storm force winds blowing spray off the sea in Hamarsfjordur on Icelands South Coast, Iceland, Polar Regions

Storm force winds blowing spray off the sea in Hamarsfjordur on Icelands South Coast, Iceland, Polar Regions

The Lindblad Expedition Ship National Geographic Explorer operating in gale-force winds and driving snow at night by spotlight in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Lindblad Expedition Ship National Geographic Explorer operating in gale-force winds and driving snow at night by spotlight in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

A sycamore tree snapped by gale force winds near Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A waterfall being blown back uphill by gale force winds above Bassenthwaite, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Storm Ciara in Saint-Malo.

Garganta del diabolo, view at Iguazu falls, Parana, Brazil, South America, America

Tourists on a lookout platform watching the IguazË™ waterfalls, Brazil, South America

Picture of an isobar world map in an german encyclopedia from 1914

Hotel Vila Gale Lagos, Lagos, Faro, Telheiro, Portugal, Europe

North Atllantic coast near Vik y Myrdal during a winter storm with heavy gales. europe, northern europe, iceland, February

Horses in the Alaj valley and the Trans - Allay mountain range in the Pamir mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

North Atllantic coast near Vik y Myrdal during a winter storm with heavy gales. europe, northern europe, iceland, February

Sheeps in the Alaj valley in front of the Trans - Allay mountain range in the Pamir mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Stephan Begay, five week old Native American Indian baby naps swaddled on a backboard at home on the Navajo Reservation in Northeastern Arizona on March 22, 2007. The baby's mother is Hopi and the father is Navajo, so the baby is part of two tribes. There is a small Hopi Reservation in Kykotsmovi Arizona that is located within the very large Navajo reservation in the northeastern corner of the state, yet intermarriage is rare. Babies are kept on traditional backboards until they start to crawl.

Retro trendy motel along South Congress in an artsy Austin, TX neighborhood.

A LAotian-American female monk with shaved head makes an offering of rice during worship as the Laotian American community celebrates the Buddhist new year by gathering at a property in suburban East Hartford Connecticut on April 28, 2007. Several shrines are set up on the property. The celebrants leave offerings of food, flowers and money, pray, dance, and feast for a day. Immigrants from Laos, including the Hmong people, are refugees from the Vietnam War era, when they helped United States in the war.

Shops along South Congress in an artsy Austin, TX neighborhood.

F5 Tornado Touches Down In Elie, Manitoba.

Wind Farm, Facinas, Cadiz Province, Spain

Toba Batak people performing a Sigale Gale puppet dance with a life-sized wooden puppet standing on a platform at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia