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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.
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]
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 ...
In some places, wave heights could reach as high as 50 feet. Original article source: Powerful waves hammer Pacific Coast again as search continues in California for man swept out to sea Show comments
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 ...
Satellites visually captured shockwaves propagating across the Pacific Ocean and a very wide eruption column. [39] The pressure wave was measured by weather stations in many locations, including New Zealand to a maximum amplitude of about 7 hPa, [41] and Australia to 6.9 hPa at Lord Howe Island and 3.3 hPa at Perth.
“Gigantic” waves swamped parts of a key US military facility in the middle of the Pacific Ocean last weekend, causing damage that will take months to repair, according to a US Army report.
The Kuroshio Current (黒潮, "Black Tide"), also known as the Black Current or Japan Current (日本海流, Nihon Kairyū) is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin. It was named for the deep blue appearance of its waters.