storm surge

We are already seeing dramatic changes to our coastlines from increased high waves and storm surge due to global climate change, and it’s clear that hardening our shorelines has an impact to our iconic beaches.

The storm surge sent water gushing up a public walkway between Dean Hanzawa’s two beachfront homes.

Projections indicate increased intensity among the strongest storms, for example, and increases in rainfall and storm surge are unavoidable consequences of warmer air holding more moisture and sea level rise, respectively.

Calling the storm surge unsurvivable seems to have worked—there were no fatalities from the storm surge, despite a significant impact.

A day before Hurricane Laura made landfall, the National Hurricane Center issued a warning of “unsurvivable storm surge” in parts of Texas and Louisiana.

After Hurricane Sandy, the NWS concluded that it should use similarly evocative language for storm-surge warnings.

Among the conclusions: the NOAA needs more than one storm-surge modeler and a better social media strategy.

Mantoloking and Seaside Heights took the worst pummeling by Sandy's storm surge.

The storm surge had no sooner receded than volunteers and donations began to pour in from seemingly everywhere.

It will need, like much of New York, defenses against rising tides and apparently increased storm surge.