Tourists were swept into the sea by a giant wave in Tenerife. Cruise passengers were among the victims in a tragic day of coastal accidents.

What a week of cruise news, including Icon of the Seas to Texas, passengers rescued from sinking boat, huge wave hits pier, and more.

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its ...

(CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the European capital with an underwater labyrinth beneath its streets, why an Abu Dhabi surf company believes it’s found “the perfect wave,” plus the rise and ...

Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas, tied for the world's largest cruise ship, arrived at Port Canaveral. The ship, photographed by FLORIDA TODAY's Malcolm Denemark, dwarfs surrounding boats and ...

No one knows what happened to the MS München. Yet clues suggest the 850-foot vessel was struck by a titanic force that left it without power or propulsion in the North Atlantic. A faint distress call ...

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