as in surge
a very high, large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake under the sea and that can cause great destruction when it reaches land
The coastline will suffer devastating damage if a tsunami ever hits it.
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Recent Examples of tsunami
Also, a tsunami warning that had been issued for coastal areas in California and Oregon, including San Francisco, was canceled just before noon local time.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Northern California was rattled by a magnitude 7 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning for a wide swath of the region.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
No destruction was reported from a tsunami warning issued on Thursday, Dec. 5, for residents of the Northern California area in the wake of a serious earthquake in the Pacific Ocean.
—Adam Carlson, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort Kona Village Resort is one of the oldest Hawaiian resorts in continual observation, even surviving a tsunami in 2011.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Northern California was rattled by a magnitude 7 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning for a wide swath of the region.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
No destruction was reported from a tsunami warning issued on Thursday, Dec. 5, for residents of the Northern California area in the wake of a serious earthquake in the Pacific Ocean.
—Adam Carlson, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort Kona Village Resort is one of the oldest Hawaiian resorts in continual observation, even surviving a tsunami in 2011.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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More to Read This OC surf punk was a terror on the waves and on the stage.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The most prominent controversy has played out 35 miles northeast of Capitola Beach, where the surf contest took place, at San Jose State University.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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But while this award was received with a swell of enthusiasm back in West Africa, virtually no one in the U.S. had ever written about him or his family’s astonishing legacy.Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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Yet, amid this rising swell, Greenland offers a stark contrast.Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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Smart shoppers should expect a tidal wave of packages over the next few days.PCMAG, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024
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The actual formula of the Thanksgiving dinner—that enormous roast, the bready stuffing, the potatoes, the gravy, a dollop of tart cranberry sauce to cut through the tidal wave of richness—isn’t unique to Thanksgiving.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Tsunami.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tsunami. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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