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Gigantic Wave in The Pacific Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high. A ...
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In 2020, a Rogue Wave the Size of a Four-Storey Building Threatened the High Seas—And It Wasn’t Supposed to Exist

In November 2020, a colossal rogue wave was recorded off the coast of Ucluelet, a small town on Vancouver Island, Canada. This extraordinary event saw a wave rise to a height of 17.6 meters, about the ...