What Is Hurricane Storm Surge, and Why Can It Be So Catastrophic?

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can ...

Deadly storm Melissa to turn into Monstrous Hurricane: Ravaging flooding alert in Jamaica — All about the ‘extreme threat’

Tropical Storm Melissa, responsible for multiple fatalities in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, is nearing hurricane ...

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

Accurate storm surge predictions are critical for giving coastal residents time to evacuate and giving emergency responders ...

Hurricane Melissa: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of more ...
CNN

Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is no longer being updated. Please see our latest coverage of the storms here. Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and Saturday over the ...
The Washington Post

A storm is set to near the Southeast soon. These are the possible scenarios.

A tropical storm or hurricane, to be named Imelda, is forecast to approach the southeastern United States early next week — with the Carolinas at greatest risk for significant impacts including ...
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US East Coast tropical wind and rainstorm to bring top-5 storm surge, major travel disruptions

Flooding from both heavy rain and wind-driven storm surge will extend from eastern North Carolina to southern New England into Monday night as a sprawling tropical wind and rainstorm crawls northward ...