JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Officials urged Duval County residents to stay inside Thursday as Hurricane Helene is forecast to bring a storm surge of up to 3 feet along the St. Johns River and winds of ...

You’ll notice the storm surge won’t just be limited to the West Coast — even the East Coast could see 3-to-5-foot storm surge as that east-northeast wind pushes the water onshore.

Dangers from storm surge and flooding during Hurricane Milton will depend a lot on how close the storm’s strongest impacts happen to high tide. The 3-to-5-foot storm surge predicted for ...

Storm surge is the deadliest part of any tropical system. It's defined as the abnormal rise of water over and above the predicted tides. ... 3.69 ft. (2023) New record: 6.04 ft. Old Port Tampa.

Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore. ... so a 15-foot storm surge at high tide can be far more devastating than the same surge at low tide.

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

Sure, Milton could weaken from a Category 5 to a Category 3 before landfall, but that won’t make a big difference when it comes to storm surge. “Wind doesn’t have memory, storm surge does.

Hurricane Helene to slam Florida with ‘unsurvivable’ 20-foot storm surge, catastrophic hurricane-force winds Tropical Storm Isaac could become hurricane in central Atlantic ...

Helene expected to bring devastating 10-15 ft. storm surge to Big Bend region Jenn Samsel , WJXT Content Gatherer , Jacksonville Published: September 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM Updated: September 24 ...

Right now, the National Hurricane Center predicts 10-to-15-foot storm surge stretching from Anna Maria Island to Boca Grande, which is just northwest of Ft. Myers and Cape Coral.

Storm surge is the deadliest part of any tropical system. It's defined as the abnormal rise of water over and above the predicted tides. ... 3.69 ft. (2023) New record: 6.04 ft. Old Port Tampa.