With powerful waves on top of it, a hurricane’s storm surge can cause catastrophic damage. Storm surge begins over the open ...

For the rest of the month, Florida and the East Coast look set to bear the brunt of any storms that make their way to the U.S., while the western Gulf Coast states appear to face minimal risk.

“This forecast, if realized, is a nightmare surge scenario for Apalachee ... as it moves eastward across the open ocean, possibly becoming a hurricane by the end of the week, forecasters said.

Storm surge is a major threat from Hurricane ... and the water amasses while the storm is still over the open ocean. As the hurricane nears the shore, strong winds push that amassed water toward ...

The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane ... Ocean. There were fears that the storm would take a direct hit at the Tampa Bay region, a low-lying area vulnerable to storm surge.

Deborah Kennedy Guisto vividly remembers the storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico barreling down 94 th Avenue in North Naples ...

In this aerial view, Flood waters inundate a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton ... the Atlantic Ocean. There were fears that the storm would take a direct hit at the Tampa Bay region, a low-lying ...