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…showed last 75 words of 1173 total…can be issued before it strikes land because of the high speed of the waves. The long period between waves is sometimes misleading to people because it can take up to an hour between waves reaching the shore. Some visible signs of tsunami approach may be recession of water from the shore or the rise of water past the high water level. Tsunami wavelengths cover long distances so the destruction can include a wide area.