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.

Hurricanes cause all sorts of surprising dangers, but there's still time to prepare for Atlantic hurricane season 2024.

Hurricanes are among the strongest storms on earth. Fueled by warm tropical waters, they can bring devastating winds and storm surge to coastal areas, and torrential rain well inland. Hurricanes ...

Footage from recent hurricanes show how water levels in a storm surge can rise exponentially ... we look at the president’s use of visual aids. The BBC's Henry Zeffman and Anthony Zurcher ...

Weather the Storm, a virtual reality simulation, was created by University of Georgia researcher Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn and ...

The ever-growing storm surge, which at this time of the early morning is about nine feet above sea level, breaks through these sandbags and begins flooding the city both to the east and west.

This is a harrowing visual. This sent chills up my spine ... over 100 mph wind gusts and peak storm surge over five feet.