A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.

According to the NHC's latest advisory from Wednesday afternoon, storm surge could be from 3 to 5 feet above ground through Thursday. Brevard Barrier Islands, Coastal Volusia County and Treasure ...

The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in ...

As the climate warms, hurricanes are becoming more intense, and sea levels are rising. Both of these effects are likely to ...

May 8 is day five of Hurricane Preparedness Week and focuses on staying protected during storms, whether you decide to ...

The storm will exit the region quickly Thursday. Storm surge is anticipated to be 3 to 5 feet above the mean high water line in Charlotte County; 4 to 7 feet above the mean high water line in ...

But the worst storm surge to hit southeast Louisiana came from Katrina. We witnessed a surge of about 10.5 feet in New Orleans that caused dozens of levees to fail. But after a $15 billion upgrade ...

The ever-growing storm surge, which at this time of the early ... the walls failed with a maximum surge of 10.5 feet—thus, before their design criteria were exceeded. It takes another two ...

Far to the east, Florida's Big Bend — where Hurricane Helene is expected to come ashore — never even felt tropical storm strength winds, but it was still hit with a mass of water that devasted ...

The City of Charleston and the US Army Corps of Engineers are working out flood prevention infrastructure designs around the peninsula in the Coastal Risk Storm Management project.