In the Way of the Waves
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At daybreak, a stream of refugees emerged from a narrow jungle path onto the runway of the wrecked air base on this island, a remote Indian outpost in the Bay of Bengal.
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Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.
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It was 90 degrees on Ko Lanta Island in Thailand, and the ocean that surrounded Kristin Foord's vacation bungalow was still. Foord, 31, of Boston was eating breakfast with her boyfriend at a beachside pool when they noticed a single wave in the distance, crashing and rolling toward shore. Awed by its beauty, they and others at the resort walked ...
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By Chester Allen, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 14--WESTPORT -- The 11 passengers and two crew members aboard the Blue Water Too charterboat got a scare on the afternoon of June 9 when 10-to-15 foot waves broke the front windows out of the boat.
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Weâve seen what it did to calm seas on a sunny day. Even if we still canât believe it. This canât be real, we tell ourselves oceans away.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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When the trade winds blow, as they often do in the hills and valleys on the northwest coast of Maui, any semblance of commotion is hard to distinguish, and noise is easily muffled. It is a combination that provides a tranquility easily embraced. There are, however, exceptions. Like the resounding statements that were delivered Thursday and yesterday ...
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CURRENTS AFLOAT           Pennsylvania F
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--It's a clash as constant as the waves hitting Destin's sugar-white sands.   Beachgoers want to walk along the shore without having to fi gure out the boundaries between private and public stretches of beach.
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A mother holds her child as she looks at the destruction caused by Sunday&#39;s tidal wave to her home in the coastal town of Kosgada in southern Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Since ancient times  poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies  and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco  are aiming  to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant sources of  electricity.
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By MAUREEN CULLEY IN spectacular shades of scarlet and orange, they could be abstract artworks. But these stunning images are actually photographs of life beneath the surface of two of Scotland's sea lochs.
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Aasif Mandvi has been making waves.
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PARIS - The giant, deadly waves of seawater that crashed through coastal towns in Asia and parts of east Africa last weekend are commonly called tidal waves, but that term is not strictly correct, say scientists, who prefer the word tsunami.
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More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high.
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When the first waves rolled in, A.D. Chandaratna was mending a fishing net on the beach in front of the single-story  house he shares with his wife and four children. Fearing for their safety, he did the sensible thing and evacuated them to higher ground. Then he committed what could have been a fatal mistake: He went back to take a second look.
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It's taking on water, and debt.