One Person Dead and Four Injured After Rogue Wave Smacks Into Cruise Ship

Viking PolarisMary ManleyAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a rogue wave is a large and unexpected extreme storm wave which is twice the size of its surrounding storm waves. According to NOAA they are rare, dangerous, and for the past few decades had been treated as a myth by scientists.On Tuesday at around 10:40 PM local time Viking River Cruise’s Polaris cruise ship which was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina was hit by a rare and dangerous “rogue wave” killing one American woman and injuring four others.According to one American news outlet an unidentified 62-year-old woman was hit by broken glass when the rogue wave broke cabin windows on the ship. Four other people on the ship were treated for “non-life-threatening injuries”.