Hundreds of people
were unexpectedly swept off their feet when the world's largest tidal bore
surged up a river and blasted a gigantic wave over the bank.
The shocked
onlookers were standing on the banks of the Qiantang River in China's Zhejiang
province when the monster wave struck yesterday.
The 'trumpet-shaped'
mouth of the Qiantang, which sees large waves created by incoming tides from
the East China Sea, is though to be the biggest in the world and can generate
waves up to 11.5 feet high.
Hundreds of people in China were taken off
guard by the world's largest tidal bore that is created by incoming tides from
the East China Sea
People on the banks of the Qiantang River
in China's Zhejiang province take cover from the world's largest tidal bore
that can generate waves up to 11.5 feet high
People were knocked to the ground by the
force of the tidal bore that surged past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang
River in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, yesterday
Tidal bores can be seen in several
locations around the world, including the Britain's longest river, the Severn,
but the Qiantang bore is the largest
One brave child (bottom right) faces the
wave as it hit the Qiantang River bank in east China's Zhejiang province
People were drenched as the world's
largest tidal bore struck yesterday. The 'trumpet-shaped' mouth of the
Qiantang can generate waves up to 11.5 feet high
A tidal bore happens
when a fast-rising tide is funneled by a river into an upstream wave.
Tidal bores can be
seen in several locations around the world, including the Britain's longest
river, the Severn, but the Qiantang bore is the largest.
Every year, millions
of people flock to see it on the 18th day of the eight lunar month.
In August last year,
more than 30 people were injured by the tidal bore, which was given extra force
by Typhoon Trami.
As well as knocking
over spectators, the wave dragged off vehicles and flooded a water-treatment
plant.
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