1.   Elsewhere in Suffolk County, Brookhaven town officials closed the oceanfront beaches on Fire Island because of towering waves and unusually high tides.

2.   Masts were torn off and other hatch covers exploded in succession under a barrage of towering waves, letting more water rush in.

3.   Poseidon materializes in towering waves.

4.   Their myths involve boats and brave men fighting towering waves.

5.   Then the bilge pumps failed, and the water washing in from the towering waves quickly began filling the Frederick.

6.   With monsoon-like predictability, the fierce winds, towering waves and torrential rains of movie hype roll in from California every year at about this time.

7.   A painting depicting the Estonia engulfed by towering white waves leaned against a nearby wall.

8.   As the towering waves crashed over a causeway Wednesday, tourists huddled in hotels and hundreds of Mexicans sought refuge in emergency shelters.

9.   As the towering waves crashed over a causeway, tourists huddled in hotels and hundreds of Mexicans sought refuge in emergency shelters.

10.   As towering waves crashed over a causeway, tourists huddled in hotels and hundreds of Mexicans sought refuge in emergency shelters.