This small town in Florida was among the hardest-hit areas during Hurricane Helene - and now it has been virtually "wiped off the map" by the storm's wrath. Steinhatchee, a town of 500 residents ...

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. You’ll notice ...

The worst part of the hurricane brought a 10-foot storm surge onto Miami Beach and the barrier islands at about 7 a.m., which continued the rest of the morning. At the height of the storm surge ...

Extreme weather and disaster scientist Hal Needham, founder of the U.S. Storm Surge Database, U-SURGE, discusses how the ...

Before the storm's landfall an 18-foot surge with huge waves develops ... the walls failed with a maximum surge of 10.5 feet—thus, before their design criteria were exceeded.

Stay informed about prep, closures, dangers, impact and the latest storm path as now Tropical Storm Helene heads towards Sarasota and Manatee.

A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.