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飓风玛丽在加州海域形成罕见巨浪Waves as high as 6m in southern California have damaged waterfront homes, knocked out pier pilings and attracted scores of surfers.加州南部海域惊现高达六米的海浪，损毁了滨海地区的房屋、撞倒码头上的桩基并袭击了大量冲浪者。 The waves are the result of swells produced by Hurricane Marie in the Pacific, 800 miles (1,300km) west of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. Dangerous wave conditions are expected to continue through Thursday despite a weakened storm. One person has died while surfing on a beach in Malibu. But it is unclear if the death was caused by the surf or a medical condition. Despite the danger, thousands of spectators lined the Wedge, a popular surf spot in Newport Beach, to watch surfboarders take on the waves, town officials said. The swells are the largest seen in southern California since a pair of hurricanes hit the Pacific within weeks of each other in 1997, National Weather Service weather specialist Stuart Ceto said.