“We want to ensure that our communities have the resources needed to respond to and recover from any potential ... account. Hurricane Ian was already causing "catastrophic" storm surge, winds ...

Hurricane storm surge flood waters can take a heavy toll on society. TACC supercomputer simulations are an important tool for U.S. state and federal agencies in protecting life and property.

Milton, like Hurricanes Ian and Irma before it, brought a natural phenomenon with it that dried the bay up instead of ...

By the following day, almost every single person there had headed off the island, fearing the wrath of those same waters as Hurricane Ian bore down ... morning, the storm surge had receded back ...

Sand dunes are one of the best ways to hold back the Gulf of Mexico’s destructive storm surge. Researchers in Southwest Florida highlighting the importance of dunes after Hurricane Ian in ...

Storm surge is the leading cause of hurricane-related deaths in the United States, yet it still catches people by surprise. Many people think that because Hurricane Milton is weakening ...

A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.

The result could be a big blow to a state still dealing with lingering damage from last year’s Hurricane Ian. It had grown ... door warning residents that storm surge could rise as high as ...

A lot can go wrong when hurricanes stall. Their destructive winds last longer. The storm surge can stay high. And the rain keeps falling. During Hurricane Sally ...