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 ...

NOAA has introduced a groundbreaking virtual reality simulation called “Weather the Storm,” designed to immerse people in the ...

Sally’s building is about 12 feet tall — the top of the sign is about 14 feet. That means if the storm surge was 10 to 15 feet high here, that would completely destroy Sally’s and other ...

Coastal erosion is accelerating and shifting coastlines inland, and storm surges are getting ... A new USC study reveals a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port ...