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Gale force winds cause waterfalls to flow upside down in Scotland

That’s exactly what happened in Scotland on Tuesday when Storm Henry, the second storm in a week came busting in, laying waste to the windy country and the rest of Britain, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

Inhabitants of the Isle of Mull, the second largest island in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, were hit with gale force winds of up to 105 mph in some places as the storm churned into the land mass. The winds were so strong they actually forced the water in two waterfalls to run back up instead of down the face of the cliffs on the westward side of the island.

Isle of Mull Cottages, an establishment that deals in holiday and vacation home rentals shot a video of the unusual occurrence during the storm, posting it on their Facebook page with the caption, “The stormy winds on Mull today were turning the waterfalls upside down!”

Between Storm Gertrude and the more recent Storm Henry, heavy rains, flooding, and gale-force winds forced the closing of schools and many bridges, canceled trains, flights, and ferries, and left thousands of homes without power. The winds were so strong, they blew trucks off the highways and caused a 14-meter (46-foot) waves to crash along the Scottish coast, according to The Scotsman.

Storm Henry was the eighth storm to be named after the Met Office began naming storms in November 2015, to raise awareness of the impact of extreme weather.

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