17:06
Less than an hour remained until nightfall, yet both Sea Rock Island and the Island had already been engulfed by the surging dark clouds.
Black clouds, like cotton soaked in oil, pressed heavily toward the sea. The gale raised ten-meter-high waves, smashing fiercely against the reefs. The air was filled with salty, sulfurous vapors, transforming the tens of miles of sea surface into a boiling hell, making it impossible to distinguish the sea from the sky.
