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  2. Storm surge - Wikipedia

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    A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the normal tidal level, and does not include waves. [1]

  3. Storm surge: Explaining the fury and science behind one of ...

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    The more gradual the slope, the higher the storm surge. "The height of the storm surge is also dictated by the shape of the coast," Kottlowski said, citing differences between a concave coast ...

  4. Portal : Tropical cyclones/Featured article/Storm surge

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    The term "storm surge" in casual (non-scientific) use is storm tide; that is, it refers to the rise of water associated with the storm, plus tide, wave run-up, and freshwater flooding. When referencing storm surge height, it is important to clarify the usage, as well as the reference point. NHC tropical storm reports reference storm surge as ...

  5. Storm - Wikipedia

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    A storm seen at the Baltic Sea near the island of Öland, Sweden.. A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain ...

  6. AP Explains: How storm surges build up, destroy and kill - AOL

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence's monstrous storm surge.

  7. Hurricane storm surge explained: The greatest threat to life ...

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    Storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property from a hurricane, at least along the coast. Inland the greatest threat is flooding.

  8. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    The Hurricane Surge Index is a metric of the potential damage a storm may inflict via storm surge. It is calculated by squaring the dividend of the storm's wind speed and a climatological value (33 m/s or 74 mph), and then multiplying that quantity by the dividend of the radius of hurricane-force winds and its climatological value (96.6 km or ...

  9. Why Milton could become one of the most destructive ...

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    Northeast Florida could get 3 to 5 feet of storm surge, the hurricane center projects. Storm surge is a serious concern with any major hurricane, which NOAA classifies as Category 3 or above. But ...