On March 12, 1993, the “Storm of the Century” hit the Atlantic Coast. Also known as the Blizzard of ‘93, the storm dropped snow as far south as parts of Louisiana and Mississippi to ...
The result can be catastrophic: During 2022’s Hurricane Ian, the agency found that the storm surge along Florida’s southwest coast pushed water levels to 15 feet above ground level in some ...
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.