This surge appears as a gradual rise in the water level as the storm approaches. Depending on the size and track of the hurricane, storm surge flooding can last for several hours. It then recedes ...

(Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Get ready to spring into ... Island faced major destruction from Hurricane Ike's storm surge in 2008 When a hurricane threatens the United States ...

How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane ... Hurricane Milton: Jaw-dropping images taken from space show the storm rapidly intensifying as it approaches Florida 'This is ...

Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images Here is how storm surge works and why it's so dangerous: When pressure falls in the center of the hurricane, water levels rise, and the water amasses while the ...

In the hours after Helene’s peak storm surge, the people in flood-prone areas ... small businesses lost and lives upended. Images from the ground told the story of the area’s worst storm ...

That's storm surge. It's more deadly and destructive than wind and can make a significant impact far from the center of a storm. The most common way to measure a hurricane's strength is the Saffir ...

HOUSTON — As hurricane season ramps up, one of the deadliest hazards of an approaching hurricane is storm surge. According to the National Weather Service, storm surge is an abnormal water level ...

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, ...