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A storm surge inundation map released at 11 a.m. by the NHC shows the potential for more than 9 feet of water flooding into vulnerable Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and Fort Myers Beach.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
The National Hurricane Center’s peak storm surge forecast map released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall somewhere along the state’s west coast.
A surge inundation map — different than the peak surge graphic — came out so quickly, one leading hurricane expert thought it was a mistake and called the National Hurricane Center to make ...
A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the normal tidal level, and does not include waves.
[5] [6] As early as October 27, the NHC forecast a 4 to 8 ft (1.2 to 2.4 m) storm surge inundation, which they later increased to 6 to 11 ft (1.8 to 3.4 m). [5] On October 28, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for every county in the state.
Hurricane Carla was the most intense tropical cyclone landfall in Texas in the 20th century. [1] The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3. [1] As a tropical depression, it strengthened while heading northwest.
Hurricane Helene reached Florida's Gulf Coast late Thursday as an "extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane,'' forcing mandatory evacuations for several counties as its deadly storm surge reached ...