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What the fliuch?

VIDEO: If you're admiring the waves, roll your windows up

Especially when the waves can get this high, this quickly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cLX9Azh358

(YouTube: leahmxxxxx)

JUST A ROUTINE public safety warning: if you find yourself stopping at one of Ireland’s coasts today to admire the choppy waves, stay in your car and roll up your window.

This video was shot at Kilkee in Co Clare on Sunday, and shows how the height of the waves can increase pretty dramatically – leading to wet, and funny, but mostly wet results.

We hope the photographer at 0:48 made it away safely.

Read: High winds and plenty of rain to hit Ireland again today

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