Water level heights during a hurricane can reach 20 feet or more above normal sea level. With powerful waves on top of it, a ...

This 2022 video captures the devastating 15 foot storm surge at Ft. Myers Beach in Florida during Hurricane Ian.

Because of the way storm surge can quickly inundate coastal locations and penetrate well inland, it’s typically one of the ...

As Hurricane Milton intensified on its path toward Florida's Gulf Coast, the strength of the system increased the severity of ...

Hurricane Milton has made its way to Florida. What parts are at risk of a storm surge? How far inland can the water go? What ...

Granted, Hurricane Ike, that Mills described, was 20 feet of storm surge that went in 25 miles. A hurricane that hit Tampa in ...

LIVE COVERAGE: Analyzing Helene’s latest track on Tracking the Tropics As the Milton makes landfall, storm surge of 10-15 ...

CNN's Kate Bolduan demonstrates what a rapid rise in water levels could look like. A woman's house collapsed into floodwaters ...

The cities near the mouth of Tampa Bay saw some of the worst storm surge in memory during Helene, even though the storm ...

As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida as a dangerous major storm, models are showing the risk of storm surge on the coasts. ...

With reverse storm surge, especially in larger storms, the opposite happens, explained AccuWeather meteorologist Paul ...

Milton could thrust 15 feet of surge across parts of Florida’s coast between Fort Myers Beach and Crystal River before ...