storm surge

Storm Surge
Storm Introduction: A storm surge is an offshore rise of water ociated with a low pressure weather system, typically tropical cyclones and strong extra...

Weather Nerd » Irene: Watching the Surge
As I've said repeatedly, the big storyline with regard to Hurricane Irene's coastal impact isn't the winds, but the storm surge. Even if Irene weakens to a tropical storm overnight, as she may, what we really need to watch is how ...

Storm Surge From Hurricane Irene Expected To Batter East Coast ...
By SAMANTHA GROSS and MITCH WEISS, ociated Press NEW YORK -- A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene shut down New York and menaced other cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical ...

New York Surge From Irene Looks Bad, But Not Off Charts ...
The Storm Surge Research Group at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, has a great online tool that provides an advance estimate of storm surge at important spots around New York City and Long Island Sound. ...