The city's dead were dispersed erratically, swept inland with the tsunami or dragged out to sea with the backwash.

In 1728 a tsunami generated from an earthquake swept inland, destroying the town of Sechura, then located closer to the water.

The raging seas swept inland, washing out tracks of the Marine Railway.

Water swept over low coastal plains and swept hundreds of miles inland, destroying everything in its path.

The sea swept more than a mile inland.

The trail sweeps two hundred kilometers inland, up the ancient estuaries.

The tidal wave swept inland for 22 miles, flooding fields and leaving many of them heavily salinated.

Air swept inland on the Trade winds is shunted one way or another by the mountains, valleys, and vast open slopes.

A Great Wave just comes out of the sea to our shores and sweeps inland.

The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people.