1.   A freak wave wrecked most of the seafront.

2.   The freak wave broke top to bottom across the entire length of the Bay.

3.   The men drowned when a freak wave sank their boat.

4.   A freak wave had buckled the deck.

5.   A freak wave overturned the flimsy vessels and they were left floating in the water in their lifejackets.

6.   Aftershocks on Saturday have spawned freak waves that reached as far as northwest Australia.

7.   Aftershocks on Saturday whipped up freak waves that reached as far as northwest Australia.