The drama happened on Saturday, December 17: a rogue wave surprised a group of swimmers and several of them were swept out to sea.
Three dead and 17 seriously injured. An extremely rare phenomenon had dramatic consequences on Saturday December 17 on a Durban beach in South Africa: a rogue wave surprised a group of swimmers and several of them were swept out to sea, explains in particular The Parisian.
20 Minutes precise that 35 rescuers were mobilized to help the victims and that “medical personnel were also taking care of the hundred people affected by the incident”.
A rogue wave is a particularly high wave compared to the others, which forms without warning. The phenomenon, every sailor’s nightmareis still relatively unknown and can take on impressive proportions.
In 1995, the Draupner oil rig in the North Sea was hit by a 26m wall of water. In 1992, the Louis Majesty, a cruise ship over 200 m long, was also hit hard by at least one rogue wave off the coast of Spain, in the Mediterranean. Result: 2 dead and 14 wounded.