Irma’s storm surge. Irma is a medium-large hurricane, and is expected to grow in size as it progresses west-northwest over the next four days. As of 5 pm EDT Wednesday, ...

Storm surge has accounted for about half of the deaths in hurricanes since 1970, according to the National Hurricane Center. It caused most of the 1,200 deaths in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Storm surge flooding up to 28 feet above normal tide levels were associated with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, directly or indirectly causing at least 1,500 deaths, according to the hurricane center.

Hurricane Irma: Storm surge may reach 8 feet, Lake Okeechobee dike a concern. The National Hurricane Center is predicting 10 to 15 feet of storm surge in Lee County, ...

Hurricane Irma could lift the ocean and the Indian River Lagoon by almost 10 feet, ... the National Weather Service issued a hurricane and storm surge watch for South Florida and the Florida Keys.

Hurricane Irma Storm Surge. The NHC's 5 p.m. advisory issued a storm surge warning for: South Santee River southward to Jupiter Inlet; North Miami Beach southward around the Florida peninsula to ...

If Irma takes a worst-case path, the storm could easily produce a surge of 17 feet (5 m) there, Needham said. In nearby Miami, the highest surge on record was 15 feet (4.5 m), in 1926.

A storm surge in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Irma on September 6. Jose Jimenez/Getty Images. While storm surge is one of the key threats of Hurricane Irma, Florida is actually better placed to ...

As the forecasted path of Hurricane Irma has shifted westward, so has the biggest storm surge threat. Southwest Florida is now staring down the barrel of a surge of up to 15 feet.

Hurricane Irma is poised to pull off the remarkable feat of traveling the entire length of Florida, from south to north, and spreading catastrophic storm surge flooding and damaging winds along ...

With monstrous Hurricane Irma expected to make landfall overnight in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott has been warning residents about dangerous storm surges as a result of Irma. "The threat of ...

The National Hurricane Center has been issuing storm surge warnings since 2017, when Hurricane Irma threatened to make landfall on both coasts. Yet emergency officials still struggle to convey the ...