REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHAL ISLANDS (CNN/CNN Newsource/WPVI/WKRC) - A monstrous rogue wave ripped through the doors of a US military base and unleashed a savage torrent through the facility's halls.

Over two decades ago, a rogue wave, documented by scientific instruments, struck the Draupner oil platform in the North Sea.

Rogue waves, which are any waves considered to be at least two times the height of the tallest waves around them, can be terrifying to those working at sea. Long reported only anecdotally by sailors, ...

Huge, freak waves that seem to come out of nowhere and endanger ships at sea could someday be predicted with enough advance warning to let sailors get ready. That’s because researchers have developed ...

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...

A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...

Researchers have used lab models to study how rogue waves form, but these don't always transfer over to the natural world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, ...