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.

Hundreds of thousands of homes are likely to be uninsured for Cyclone Alfred’s destruction, due to unaffordable premiums or ...

Tampa Bay was inundated with a massive storm surge that sent water up to people ... tore away neighbors’ roof shingles and ...

Footage from recent hurricanes show how water levels in a storm surge can rise exponentially in a matter of minutes. Neighbourhoods were heavily damaged after tornadoes tore through areas of ...

The height of the floods is different: "While the highest annual storm surge in the past ten years averaged 2.5 meters, our model indicates an average of three meters for the next five years." ...

People in Virginia Beach still have an opportunity to hear from officials about strategies to manage coastal storm surge in the city. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city will have ...