The storm is expected to bring “unsurvivable” storm surge of up to 20 feet to the Big Bend area, according to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, which called it a “nightmare surge ...

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.

Extreme weather and disaster scientist Hal Needham, founder of the U.S. Storm Surge Database, U-SURGE, discusses how the ...

The hurricane caused significant damage in Sarasota, Tampa Bay, and Southwest Florida, including tornadoes and storm surge. The estimated ... storm total rainfall was 20.40 inches at a Community ...

She said the county could also experience an 5 to 8 foot storm surge. "Due to that storm surge, beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow we will be calling for Level A evacuations," she said. Residents can ...

Before the storm's landfall an 18-foot surge with huge waves develops in Lake ... A head of water almost 20 feet high destroys houses in the immediate vicinity of the breach and pushes others ...