WHAT IS A STORM SURGE? As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm also helps squeeze the water ashore.
With more than 200 people dead – 104 in North Carolina – Hurricane Helene is the deadliest U.S. hurricane in decades. With ...
Hurricane Helene created an estimated nearly $80 billion in damage from Florida through North Carolina.
Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone.
Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California's ...