When combined with normal tides, storm surge can increase the ocean's water level by 30 feet or more ... produced a 28-foot storm surge in Louisiana, according to NOAA. In 2011, Hurricane Irene ...

This means a one-foot deep storm surge can sweep your car off the road ... Probably the best solution is to use existing low-resultion data (3-30 meters in the U.S.) and interpolate the data ...

Extreme weather and disaster scientist Hal Needham, founder of the U.S. Storm Surge Database, U-SURGE, discusses how the ...

Helene's size, intensity and speed delivered wind gusts much farther inland than most hurricanes and sent a devastating storm surge along more than 550 miles of Florida coastline. When it was ...

Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees located where ... the city both to the east and west. 2. Before the storm's landfall an 18-foot surge with huge waves develops in Lake Borgne, peaking between ...