One of the most famous US shipwrecks of the 20th century, the Edmund Fitzgerald, was probably caused by at least one rogue wave on Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes of North America.

Since then, numerous rogue waves have been documented, including occurrences in lakes. Scientists define a rogue wave as any wave more than twice the height of surrounding waves. Here's a ...

Every so often though, out on the high seas, a rogue wave comes along. These abnormally large waves can strike with surprise, and are dangerous to even the largest of ships. Research is ongoing as ...

Rogue waves - huge swells that can appear from calm seas - are occurring less often but becoming more extreme, data from the US coast suggests. In the largest study of its kind, scientists ...