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Powerful 'Kelvin wave' triggered by super El Niño threatens to raise sea levels off the California coast for months


A disturbance characterized by above-normal sea levels is spreading up the Pacific coast of Central and North America, and it could make the damage from predicted storms this winter much worse.

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