"Every island got hit by hurricane force waves," Dr. Cambers said, "basically on the west coasts, which are usually calm and where most of the hotel development is.
Although it did so on other days, on 10 January the Ever Laurel did not fax a weather report to the National Weather Service in Washington DC, but the following morning a ship in its vicinity did, describing hurricane-force winds and waves 36ft high.
Hurricane-force winds and waves up to 50 feet high drowned 6 sailors and forced dozens of boats to quit.
By the next day, the two ships were caught in the midst of a severe winter storm on Lake Superior, with near hurricane-force winds and waves up to 35 feet high.
First, they cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance of the Seas, the ship, now notorious, whose battle with hurricane-force winds and gargantuan waves became worldwide news.
A cruise ship carrying thousands of passengers was expected to return to New Jersey after encountering hurricane-force winds and churning waves during a rough night in the Atlantic.
Such a storm can maintain hurricane-force wind gusts, produce waves over 50 feet (15 m) high, and dump several inches of rain or feet of snow.
Through 50-foot waves and hurricane-force winds, the only thing propelling her tiny yellow boat will be Spotz's arms pulling against two black oars.
Winds of hurricane force and waves up to 20 meters high drowned six and forced dozens of boats to quit.
The men were off the coast of Labrador, with a load of seals aboard, caught in a fierce storm: hurricane-force winds of 73 knots (135 km/h) and waves of 12-14 metres.
The men were off the coast of Labrador, Canada, with a load of seals aboard, caught in a fierce storm: hurricane-force winds of 80 miles per hour and 45-foot waves.
