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King tide follows flooding from storm surge

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Three men stand on back porch of house in center background surrounded by debris, while water rushes past in foreground.
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Residents in the northern part of the capital city of Majuro in the Marshall Islands watch as their neighborhood floods with seawater during a king tide. This high tide followed flooding from storm surge earlier that day (March 3, 2014).

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Public Domain.