CEDAR KEY, Fla. — Hurricane Helene broke records for storm surge along Florida’s Gulf Coast, an area that is especially vulnerable to storm-driven flooding in part because of its shallow water.

But the biggest hazards still to come — through landfall and in the hours that follow — include the extreme storm surge predicted in Florida’s Big Bend area and along its west coast ...

Bridges in Tampa, Florida were closed due to high winds and storm surge as Hurricane Helene intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Thursday, September 26. Florida Highway Patrol ...

Storm surges can cause extreme flooding in coastal areas ... and the shape and characteristics of the coastline. Storm surge ...

If a storm surge coincides with high tide, it can be further enhanced. Extreme storm surges of 20 to 28 feet above normal water level have occurred in the worst hurricanes, and this height does ...

Some people who commented on the video suggested the water was “sucked out” due to something called “reverse storm surge.” Water was temporarily “sucked out” of Tampa Bay as Hurricane ...

Experts said Florida has done well protecting buildings from wind damage and should now focus on protections from storm surge ...

Storm surge is the level at which sea water rises ... but it doesn't mean the devastation to those areas won't be extreme. I'm thinking about little towns like Panacea. I'm not sure what's going ...

Helene is expected to hit Florida and places like the big band could be susceptible to extreme winds and extreme storm surge. Credit: The Weather Channel // Date: 9/25/2024 ...

north or south will dictate where the most extreme storm surge is likely to happen. Storm intensity, forward speed, size and angle of approach all play a part in making a storm surge happen ...

Climate change will significantly increase the severity of future storm surge disasters. Therefore, strengthening the extreme risk research on storm surge disasters under climate change is significant ...

The result has been the environmental collapse of estuary habitats and the loss of buffer zones that helped protect cities from storm surge and sea ... of coastlines to extreme storms and sea ...