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Roofs were peeled away, and windows blown out in the Category 5 hurricane, leaving no protection from the rain and up to 16 feet of seawater driven onto land in the storm surge.
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David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Hurricane Melissa’s devastation is the awful alchemy created by the unique combination of unstoppable gusts, seawater that is forced inland and deluge that pours out of the sky, all interacting with the landscape and human lives the storm found in its path.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
In addition, rising sea levels, driven by melting ice caps and thermal expansion of seawater, exacerbate the impact of storm surges -- leading to significant coastal flooding.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Radiolarians are adept at distilling silica, a form of quartz, from seawater, a process known as biomineralization.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Hurricane Melissa’s devastation is the awful alchemy created by the unique combination of unstoppable gusts, seawater that is forced inland and deluge that pours out of the sky, all interacting with the landscape and human lives the storm found in its path.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
In addition, rising sea levels, driven by melting ice caps and thermal expansion of seawater, exacerbate the impact of storm surges -- leading to significant coastal flooding.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Radiolarians are adept at distilling silica, a form of quartz, from seawater, a process known as biomineralization.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Seawater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seawater. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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seawater
noun
sea·wa·ter
ˈsē-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: water in or from the sea
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