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Overwash event in Marshall Islands

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Cerulean waves break over low-lying areas around an island atoll, island is center in background.
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Detailed Description

Large swells from the north-northeast with heights up to 5 meters (16 feet) combined with unusually high tides inundated much of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on March 2, 2014.

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Public Domain.