Tsunamis and tidal waves have a lot in common. Both are powerful ocean surges that can cause death and destruction. While that remains true, tsunamis and tidal waves differ in major ways ...

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Tsunamis are often referred to as "tidal waves" because when ... the point of its origin is called a local tsunami. Once it reaches shallow water, "wave shoaling" occurs. When there is less ...

Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves (mistakenly called "tidal ... where the tsunami originates, waves travel outward in all directions. Once the wave approaches ...

This tidal bore is largest in September ... Lituya Bay generated a wave 100 feet high, the tallest tsunami ever documented. When the wave ran ashore, it snapped trees 1,700 feet upslope.

To cope with the demand, emergency death certificates were issued. The cause of death was given simply as: "Died due to drowning (sic) in the Tsunami Tidal Wave water which occurred on 26-12-2004 at 9 ...

To the south, Tuscany president Enrico Rossi tweeted a warning of a “flood wave” on the Arno and said boards were being installed on the swollen river's banks in Pisa “as a precautionary ...

This house was pushed onto Alberni Road after a tsunami hit Port Alberni on March ... but we went to bed when it was announced that any “tidal wave” was not expected to impact the B.C. coast.