The worst autumn storms of the century cause more havoc on the Continent from Scandinavia to Spain. The toll has been heavy in property & lives & shipping has been especially hard hit. Off the Dutch coast a freighter goes aground & the crew is rescued in a hair-raising drama. LS - Stormy tide rolling ashore. TLS - Tide lashing against pier house, several people standing on walkway. LS/TLSs - Chinese freighter Ping An run ashore along Netherland coast; TLS - Lifeboat on freighter; LSs - Evacuation, crew boarding lifeboat; TLSs - Crowd gathered on beach, watching; TLSs - Lifeboat reaching shore, rescue team helping crew ashore; MS - Smiling Chinese man riding piggy-back with Dutch man.