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It did not rain in Benetusser that grey Tuesday, but a "tsunami of reeds and water" triggered by torrential downpours kilometres away surged into her street.

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California’s recent brushes with tsunami warnings have led officials to reiterate the need for residents to know if they live, work or otherwise frequent hazard zones.

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The fascination is the harbor itself—circular, expansive and basically ruined by the time of the fourth century through a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis and rising seas.

The RRS Sir David Attenborough, a state-of-the-art ship named after the renowned UK naturalist, will aid research on everything from "hunting underwater tsunamis" to tracking glacier melt and whale populations.

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A powerful 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines late Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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