Few will soon forget the footage of a 30ft wave, churning like an angry beast up the shore - cars, boats and even entire houses, some of them aflame, tossed in its muddy intensity.

人们不会很快忘记这样的镜头：30英尺高的巨浪就像一头愤怒的野兽奔腾上岸，汽车、船只乃至整幢房屋(其中有的正在燃烧)被混浊的泥水抛来抛去。