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In October 1977, the tanker MS Stolt Surf encountered a rogue wave on a voyage across the Pacific from Singapore to Portland, Oregon. Her engineer took photos of the wave, which was higher than the 72-foot (22 m) bridge deck. [31] The six-year-old, 37,134-ton barge carrier MS München was lost at sea in 1978.
Kwajalein Atoll -- colloquially referred to as "Kwaj" by residents -- is a ring of islands in the Pacific Ocean, rough ... What caused the giant wave in the Marshall Islands. Jesse Ferrell ...
Focusing by currents Waves from one current are driven into an opposing current. This results in shortening of wavelength, causing shoaling (i.e., increase in wave height), and oncoming wave trains to compress together into a rogue wave. [58] This happens off the South African coast, where the Agulhas Current is countered by westerlies. [59]
Shocking video shows a large rogue wave engulfing part of a coastal California street, injuring eight people. The swell, generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean, hit the beach at the end of Seward ...
Video captured a rogue wave hitting a beach in Ventura, California, on Thursday, sending at least eight people to hospitals. People watching the ocean, as well as a vehicle, are violently swept ...
Videos posted on the Internet showed a series of waves hitting the shore and homes, sweeping away debris. [92] Other videos show ashfall and a cloud of ash obscuring the sun. [21] According to a resident in the Tongan capital, a series of initial smaller explosions was heard. It was followed by a tsunami approximately 15 minutes later.
Those warm ocean currents have a tendency to kick up strong storms, giving California good chances of a rainy winter. High surf pushes up the beach at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area ...
The giant wave runup of 1,720 feet (520 m) at the head of the Bay and the subsequent huge wave along the main body of Lituya Bay which occurred on July 9, 1958, were caused primarily by an enormous subaerial rockfall into Gilbert Inlet at the head of Lituya Bay, triggered by dynamic earthquake ground motions along the Fairweather Fault.