"Storm surge" is defined as the abnormal water level that rises above the typical tide during a tropical event.

A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...

When a storm is approaching, most evacuation orders are issued for areas where storm surge is a threat or for those near a ...

In 2024, all storm surge fatalities from Hurricane Helene were in the Tampa Bay area; that’s why it’s essential to learn from ...

Tampa Bay witnessed something that hadn’t happened in generations—a historic storm surge, not from a direct hurricane strike, ...

Storm surge is one of the deadliest impacts of hurricanes. Find out what it looks like, who’s most at risk and the plan to ...

The projects by a group at Rice University is designed to complement the Ike Dike to help protect people along the Gulf Coast ...

Estimated to cost $7 billion, the Galveston Bay Park Plan is a new storm surge defense plan that aims to protect the Greater ...

From 2013 to 2022, storm surges, when the seawater level rises because of a storm, were the cause of 11% of direct fatalities related to hurricanes. This is a major decrease from 1963 to 2012 ...

Metro fire crews had a busy day on Wednesday responding to weather-related emergencies, the Oklahoma City Fire Department told News 9. Since Saturday, OKCFD said it has responded to 139 vehicle ...