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Cape storm unleashed biggest waves in 39 years [1]

The “storm of the century” that hit Cape Town on June 7 produced the biggest waves for 39 years. But at 11 metres‚ they were tiddlers compared with a 20.5-metre wave in 1978.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2017
Times Live (South Africa) [2]
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Natural Disasters [3], Storms [4], South Africa [5], Africa [6]
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