Amateur video captures the moment an elderly couple were swept out to sea

(FORWARD TO THE 2 MINUTE MARK) The video, filmed in at Porsguen in Brittany's Portsall on Monday, shows a man down by the water side as waves lash the beach. As he turns his back on the sea, an elderly man walks past him and gets caught by a large approaching wave. He loses his balance and is swept to sea.  Storms have been pummelling France since Sunday, with weather agencies urging people to stay away from the coast due to a dangerous combination of huge waves and high tides.  But not everyone has listened, as you can see in the video below. Luckily, the three people in the clip escaped with their lives, but they were extremely lucky.  The video, filmed in at Porsguen in Brittany's Portsall on Monday, shows a man down by the water side as waves lash the beach. As he turns his back on the sea, an elderly man walks past him and gets caught by a large approaching wave. He loses his balance and is swept to sea.    His wife, who is also a retiree, runs screaming after him to help but is also swept out by the waves.  The younger man runs out to help them when it appears the waves have calmed, but he is also swept up as another wave comes in.  Luckily, all three managed to escape alive after several passersby intervened, and all three were taken to hospital, reported Le Telegramme newspaper.