Illustration - Surf in Carry-Le-Rouet - France

Illustration - Surf in Carry-Le-Rouet - France

A wave breaks on a seawall. Illustration of Rouet Beach. France, Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhone, January 18, 2026. Photo by Thibaut Durand /ABACAPRESS.COM

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

Seawall outside the Commissioner’s House, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

Seawall outside the Commissioner’s House, located within the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Sandys Parish of Ireland Island, within the southwestern part of the British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda taken from a docked cruise ship, on Monday, November 10, 2025. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

US: Texas Bays Face Reduced Visibility with Dense Fog 2

A dense fog advisory was issued for parts of the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, March 8, remaining in effect until the afternoon. The fog reduced visibility, creating hazardous conditions for mariners in areas like Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, and other coastal waters.

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo High Tides and Flood Risk

Saint Malo (35), March 2, 2025: Waves on the seawall at Plage du Sillon during high tide (coefficient 111). Passers-by and tourists enjoy the spectacle of the high tide and the waves crashing on the seawall along the seafront, Plage du Sillon. Photo by Matarezo/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Silhouettes At Sunset - CA

Silhouettes At Sunset - CA

People are silhouetted while walking on the False Creek seawall at sunset in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Silhouettes At Sunset - CA

Silhouettes At Sunset - CA

A person jogging on the False Creek seawall and others are silhouetted at sunset in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hurricane Milton Kills At Least 16 In Florida

Hurricane Milton Kills At Least 16 In Florida

A large boat slammed into Brian Zoller's private dock and the Bradenton Riverwalk's seawall in front of his home on Riverside Drive East during Hurricane Milton. Photo by Ryan Ballogg/Bradenton Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

US: Beryl Hurtles Toward Texas Bringing Life-Threatening Storm Surge And Hurricane-Force Winds 2

Beryl strengthened to a category 1 hurricane as it hurtled toward southeastern Texas late Sunday night, July 7 ahead of its forecast landfall in the early hours of Monday. Hurricane warnings were issued for portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Forecast to bring life-threatening storm surges and heavy rainfall, Beryl is also expected to pack hurricane-force wind gust. Update: Beryl made landfall near Matagorda shortly before 4 a.m. local time on Monday.

Illustration Port Of Marseille

Illustration Port Of Marseille

The old steel cranes built in 1961 on the Quai Charcot, nicknamed the Elegants, are seen on the seawall of the Industrial Port of Marseille, France on April 13, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Port Of Marseille

Illustration Port Of Marseille

The seawall of the Industrial Port of Marseille, France on April 13, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Port Of Marseille

Illustration Port Of Marseille

The old steel cranes built in 1961 on the Quai Charcot, nicknamed the Elegants, are seen on the seawall of the Industrial Port of Marseille, France on April 13, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

People are silhouetted while practicing tai chi on the seawall at Kitsilano Beach, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

International Overdose Awareness Day - Vancouver

People are silhouetted while practicing tai chi on the seawall at Kitsilano Beach, in Vancouver, BC, Canada on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Akie Abe questions Tohoku seawall plan in N.Y. speech

Akie Abe questions Tohoku seawall plan in N.Y. speech

NEW YORK, United States - Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a keynote speech during a disaster prevention symposium at the Ford Foundation in New York on Sept. 25, 2014. The first lady questioned a plan to build high seawalls in the northeastern Japan areas impacted by the devastating March 2011 tsunami.

"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 29, 2012. The island is nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island) due to the silhouette of its ruined structures and seawall. It was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

Hamaoka nuclear plant

Hamaoka nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows a seawall under construction 18 meters above sea level at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 9, 2012.

Hamaoka nuclear plant

Hamaoka nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. A seawall 18 meters above sea level is under construction to prepare for a possible tsunami.

Hamaoka nuclear plant

Hamaoka nuclear plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - A Chubu Electric Power Co. official explains about a plan to build a seawall along the shore of the site of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2012, in front of a steel structure built to demonstrate the height of the planned seawall.

Seawall operated by tsunami

Seawall operated by tsunami

SAKAI, Japan - Hitachi Zosen Corp. shows to reporters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011, a seawater barrier that automatically rises from the ground or seabed using the buoyant force of tidal waves. The Japanese heavy machinery and engineering firm said it has started to accept orders for the seawater barrier it has developed.

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-NALGAE (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-TYPHOON-NALGAE (CN)

(221102) -- ZHUHAI, Nov. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- High waves pound on a seawall in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 2, 2022. Typhoon Nalgae, the 22nd typhoon this year, has declined intensity since Tuesday night. Some areas in Guangdong experienced rainfall or strong winds due to the tropical storm on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

(220108) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man runs along the shore as waves break over the seawall near English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 7, 2022. High winds caused power outages and ferry cancellations in various areas in metro Vancouver as the region was suffering from 70 to 90km/h windstorm, according to Environment Canada on Friday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

(220108) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks along the shore as waves break over the seawall near English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 7, 2022. High winds caused power outages and ferry cancellations in various areas in metro Vancouver as the region was suffering from 70 to 90km/h windstorm, according to Environment Canada on Friday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

(220108) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk along the shore as waves break over the seawall near English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 7, 2022. High winds caused power outages and ferry cancellations in various areas in metro Vancouver as the region was suffering from 70 to 90km/h windstorm, according to Environment Canada on Friday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

(220108) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Waves crash onto the shore and flood the seawall along English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 7, 2022. High winds caused power outages and ferry cancellations in various areas in metro Vancouver as the region was suffering from 70 to 90km/h windstorm, according to Environment Canada on Friday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

CANADA-VANCOUVER-WINDSTORM

(220108) -- VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man runs along the shore as waves break over the seawall near English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 7, 2022. High winds caused power outages and ferry cancellations in various areas in metro Vancouver as the region was suffering from 70 to 90km/h windstorm, according to Environment Canada on Friday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese lead their goslings along the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada goose goslings make their way off the road and over a curb as the they follow their parents to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada goose goslings make their way off the road and over a curb as the they follow their parents to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

A Canada goose gosling struggles to make it off the road and over a curb as the goslings follow their parents to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese lead their goslings along the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada Geese Wandering - Vancouver

Canada geese goslings follow their parents down a set of stairs leading to the False Creek seawall in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows Brant geese near a 9.8-meter-high seawall, built after the March 11, 2011, deadly tsunami, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows Brant geese near a 9.8-meter-high seawall, built after the March 11, 2011, deadly tsunami, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Japan begins seawall work for new U.S. base in Okinawa

Japan begins seawall work for new U.S. base in Okinawa

People stage a sit-in in front of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2017, to protest against the Japanese government's launch of construction of seawalls for a replacement facility for the U.S. Air Station Futenma in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo