The trust website describes the cottage as "the sole building above a wide expanse of sandy beach... set on a raised terrace in the dramatic landscape of Rhossili Bay with uninterrupted views of the sea and the tidal island of Worm's Head".

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Tidal currents exceed 12 knots at times, creating tidal rapids with massive whirlpools that can make the sea look more like a raging river.

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Already in a sea of troubles, Labour would be facing a tidal wave of protest in the May council elections if revaluation had gone ahead.

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Last weekend a combination of heavy seas, tidal forces and winds caused flooding and damage on the North Sea coast from Shetland to East Lothian.

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He looked up, and saw that the sea was coming towards him. it was a huge tidal wave.

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The company faces a tidal wave of litigation and an epidemic of stories about oil-drenched sea birds and devastated wetlands.

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Of course, when the flows reverse, bond prices will fall, yields will climb, and a tidal wave of dollars will wash up on American shores, drowning consumers in a sea of inflation.

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In Venice, where the sea-level data was released, engineers are constructing a new set of tidal barriers to protect the historic city.

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By 2020 HydroOGK plans to build the Tugurskaya and Pendzhinskaya tidal plants, each with capacity of as much as 10 gigawatts, in the Okhotsk Sea, close to Sakhalin Island.

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Located at the thin end of the Thames tidal estuary, it is considered to be one of the cities most under threat from rising sea levels with around 150 square kilometers located below high tide level -- home to more than one million Londoners.

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