Examples of seiche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On top of that, wind whipping across the lake created a long, slanted upheaval of water called a seiche that - topped with ravenous waves - eroded the shoreline to within 15 feet of the lift station. — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2021 Stay away from the banks of any large body of water, where earthquakes may trigger tsunami-like seiche waves even in fjords or lakes. — Cody Cassidy, Wired, 9 Apr. 2021 High winds had raised water levels on the eastern end of Lake Erie in a phenomenon known as a seiche and then, according to the New York Power Authority, driven ice over a boom upstream from the river. — Fox News, 28 Dec. 2019 The wind will push water from the west to east, flooding lakeshore areas near Buffalo in a phenomenon called a seiche. — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2019 The scientists estimate that there were two seiches, around twenty minutes apart. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2019 Wind and weather conditions on the lakes can form a massive, dangerous wave known as a seiche, which will oscillate back and forth across the lake for hours or days. — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 17 Feb. 2017 Lake Erie is particularly known for seiches, which have breached sea walls, caused flooding, and even caused fatalities in the past. — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 17 Feb. 2017 Lake Erie is particularly known for seiches, which have breached sea walls, caused flooding, and even caused fatalities in the past. — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 17 Feb. 2017

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