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The rogue wave. the second is primarily due to the weather. strong winds that interact with the waves out there already cause them to get taller and steeper building to the rogue waves. scientists have a good idea where they are more likely to occur. in the gulfstream in the atlantic ocean. and in the southern hemisphere, the tip of south america and also the tip of africa. so these are areas that we look for. in fact,, this ship that was having the problem over the week was coming from argentina and made its way all the way across the drake passage to northern antarctica. that is where a big ...

Conforms a passenger was killed when it was a hit by a rogue wave. it hit the ship during a storm this week. four more people on board were injured. it broke several panes of glass on the cruise and fell onto and killed an american woman. cnn meteorologist gene for man joins us. what are rogue waves and where do they come from? >> reporter: good to join you. scientists have been studying this for a while. it grows to be twice the height of the waves around it. in some cases we have seen them get up to 60, 8 0rbgs 90 feet tall. they come from unexpected ways. there are two main reasons why they...

An american woman died after a massive wave slammed into her cruise ship on the way to argentina. a glass surface on the viking polaris collapsed from the impact of this rogue wave. four other passengers were hurt and had to be treated. rogue waves are typically larger than twice the size of surrounding waves. viking says the ship's next trip has been canceled. another frightening cruise ship mishap. this one very mysterious. a man somehow went over the side and managed to survive for hours. leyla santiago is taking a look at what happened. this man said he does not remember going over. just...

From the impact of that rogue wave. four other passengers were hurt and had to be treated by the ship's on-board medical staff. rogue waves are typically bigger than twice the size of surrounding waves. viking cruises says the ship's next trip has been cancelled. another frightening mishap to tell you about. a passenger on a carnival ship somehow went overboard and managed to survive for hours in the shark-infested waters of the gulf of mexico. cnn's layla santiago taking a look at what happened. what a story this man has to tell. >> reporter: right. it was not just shark infested but there ...

Rogue waves have gone from folklore to fact over the centuries, and now scientists say they've managed to confirm the "most extreme" ever on record. A rogue wave...