Florida's Gulf Coast is especially vulnerable to storm surge, the term used to describe a change in sea level that is caused by a storm. Possibly one of the most dramatic weather events ...

This is FEMA’s role in preparing for Hurricane Milton Over the next several hours, storm surge will cause the most significant damage. Right now, the National Hurricane Center predicts 10-to-15 ...

INSURED DISASTER — As Floridians struggle to recover from the devastation wrought by back-to-back storms turbocharged by climate change, they could be facing another wallop stemming from the ...

But there’s no easy way to categorize the storm surge that’s expected to ravage ocean-front communities. Storm surge—the rise in seawater level caused solely by a storm—can bring dangerous ...

At 8:40 p.m., Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key. The Storm Surge forecast on the west coast of Florida indicates that parts of Charlotte County could see up to 15 feet of storm surge.

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

its counterclockwise winds had plenty of time to propel a storm surge that battered and flooded the coast before Helene finally made landfall in the Big Bend. Milton arrived nearly as fierce ...

which experienced higher winds and rain in the north and higher storm surge in the south. “Everybody got some of Milton – the impacts were different in different places – but everybody felt ...

Here's what to know. 'Absolutely fed up with the storm surge and are moving inland' in SWFL "I can tell you that I have heard from agents in the industry that people are absolutely fed up with the ...

Update: Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night near Sarasota. Follow live updates here for the latest on Hurricane Milton. As Milton intensified into a major hurricane with wind speeds ...

To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription. Life-threatening storm surge is expected to surge across Florida’s coast ahead of Hurricane Milton’s forecast ...