onshore

Since taking power in July, Labour has ended an effective ban on new onshore wind projects and pledged not to issue any new oil and gas exploration licenses in the North Sea, as well as closing the UK's last coal power plant in September.

It will also bring foreign earnings into the inheritance tax system, but will extend the transition period for people to bring money onshore from two years to three.

“Winds will weaken and we will get that onshore flow, which will help the humidity in that area this evening,” said Jeffery Wood, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Sacramento.

The ramp connected an outer dock where people board the ferry to another dock onshore, according to local reports.

This is not particularly noticeable in deep sea but as the ocean floor becomes shallower close to land, the wall of water has to rise and is driven onshore by strong winds.