Storm Surge
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Storm surge is the abnormal rise of seawater that a hurricane or strong coastal storm pushes onto land, measured as the height of the water above the normal tide. The storm's winds pile water against the coast, and the low pressure at its center lifts the sea a little further. Where it meets a high tide, shallow shelf or funnel-shaped bay, the water can climb many feet in a few hours and run miles inland.
For preppers it is the part of a hurricane that decides whether to stay or go: wind can be sheltered from, but surge cannot. Most evacuation zones are drawn around it. Read the hazards of hurricanes and check the places at risk of hurricanes before the season starts.
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The forecast called for a nine-foot storm surge, so the family left their ground-floor home on the bay a day before the wind arrived.
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