Big Bad Waves

by Kids Discover

Rogue waves, or extreme storm waves, are dangerous, unpredictable waves more than twice the size of surrounding waves. Scientists say they can form when wave swells overlap and fortify each other, or when waves moving in different directions crash together during a storm.

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