Sometimes, the waves hit in succession -- often the highest not being the first, CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said.
Eilis Finnegan, had just arrived in the resort of Phi Phi with her boyfriend when the massive waves hit.
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If the euro-zone crisis, which is flaring up again, leads to a break-up, the shock-waves will hit Britain.
Stonehaven and Peterhead were hit by coastal flooding at the weekend and people in the north east were warned to steer clear of beaches and harbour areas where large waves could hit.
Waves have already hit Hawaii and are heading for the West Coast.
What looked like a really, really lousy day turned into something much worse as waves of selling hit stocks to drag them to their daily lows on a day that will rank at least in the top-10 for point-declines on the Dow.
Elevating generators and pumps is a good idea but enclosing elevated foundations that might be hit by waves or wave-borne debris can cause problems.
Cabo Surf Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico, offers special soft boards for beginners and stand-up paddleboards for calm water, allowing even loyal sunbathers to hit the waves.
As in the pattern with the dollar, we are unsure if we have bottomed in the a-wave in 3 waves down, or have one more low to hit to complete the a-wave in 5 waves.
An earlier aftershock damaged roads in Lata, a town on the Santa Cruz Island in the far east of the Pacific nation, which was badly hit by the waves.
Imagine if India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Sumatra all had nuclear power plants along their shores, when the 2004 9.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, with waves up to 98 feet hit those shores.
The government had reports of six Australians so far missing in the region hit by the waves, but Downer said there were fears were held for nationals vacationing in Sri Lanka, particularly the resorts region of Galle.
In August the region's economic tsunami hit Malaysia, flattening Proton in two waves.
This week Haaretz reported on a new hit children's song that is making waves throughout the Arab world.
Many parts of the country had been badly hit by heavy rains, winds and high waves this year, meteorologists said.
Waves surged, and snow, driven by shifting winds, hit the ships at wild angles.
After the vessel was abandoned, it was hit by 40-miles-per-hour winds and 18-foot waves, which caused it to fill with water and sink.
The future of clean tech is already looking bright, as the world's solar power capacity just hit a record 101 gigawatts, and researchers found a new way to charge batteries by harvesting ambient electromagnetic waves from thin air.
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