Along this Californian beach, he had no reason to worry. But suddenly, around twenty people and several vehicles were swept away by the wave. Hotels were flooded all along the coast, and many trees were uprooted. Oceanology experts say it was not a tsunami. According to Anne Petrenko, lecturer and researcher at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology, “It was a period of high tide, and in addition, there were strong storms offshore, which generated large swells.“.
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