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- Jillian Williams on 24 Sep 09
  
  1995- 2004 Waves are getting larger & more requent
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">1995- 2004 Waves are getting larger & more requent</div>
  
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Rogue waves are not tsunamis, which are set in motion by earthquakes
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Rogue waves seem to occur in deep water or where a number of physical factors such as strong winds and fast currents converge. This may have a focusing effect, which can cause a number of waves to join together.
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Africa’s wild coast
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ogue waves—which begin with a deep trough followed by a wall of water the size of an eight- or nine-storey building.
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1995 an oil rig in the North Sea recorded a 25.6-metre wave.
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2000 a British oceanographic vessel recorded a 29-metre wave off the coast of Scotland
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2004 scientists using three weeks of radar images from European Space Agency satellites found ten rogue waves, each 25 metres or more high.
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