With catastrophic storm surge expected along Florida's coast when Hurricane Helene slams ashore Thursday, northern Gulf Coast residents Gene and Margaret Taylor understand better than anyone about ...

NOAA notes that Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 when it made landfall in Louisiana in 2005 and brought with it a 28-foot storm surge that was responsible for most of the storm’s more than ...

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can ...

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During Katrina, the intersection of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet acted like a giant “V” to funnel storm surge into New Orleans East and St. Bernard Parish.

One of the highest storm surge events recorded in the U.S. in recent history was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast.

Hurricane Katrina's surge in 2005 broke levees and flooded New Orleans. Hurricane Ike's 15- to 17-foot storm surge and waves swept hundreds of homes off Texas' Bolivar Peninsula in 2008.

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Storm surge can be just as important to monitor, ... Katrina wins for surge -- at 28 feet in southern Mississippi -- with Ike coming in with 17 feet (21 feet at Eagle’s Point where Bacliff is).

If a coastal area has a sea floor that gently slopes away from the coastline, it’s more likely to see a higher storm surge than an area with a steeper drop-off. Gentle slopes along the Louisiana and ...