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Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll

By Communications and Publishing March 2014 (approx.)
coastal road and palm trees on a small flat island, with water waves from the sea washing over the road
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Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands

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