When hurricanes or strong storms sweep up the United States' East Coast and meet the shores of the country's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, the familiar pattern of storm activity gets a little more ...

As Hurricane Dorian approaches, USGS field crews are now installing storm-tide sensors like this one, deployed in North Carolina in advance of Hurricane Florence's landfall in 2018. (Jessica Cain/USGS ...

For the highly populated coastal country of Bangladesh, once-in-a-century storm tides could strike every 10 years -- or more often -- by the end of the century, scientists report. Tropical cyclones ...

In any tropical storm or hurricane, the biggest danger is not the wind. It's the water. Storm surge, the massive wall of relentless water that pushes ashore during a hurricane and up into rivers and ...

Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The most extreme cyclones can generate devastating storm tides—seawater that is ...

Hurricane Helene leveled Jared Hunt’s corner store, Keaton Beach Bums, last fall. He re-opened in a road-ready setup with a food truck and three semi trailers with community support. (Courtesy of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Helene is expected to bring high storm surges to Tampa's coast when it makes landfall Thursday. Helene was upgraded to a Category 3 storm Thursday afternoon and is expected to ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — High tides from a storm lingering off the East Coast caused rising waters and some flooding in a low-lying area of Eddyville on Monday. The storm is moving out of the region and is ...

Above: Storm surge waters surround buildings as Hurricane Florence hits Swansboro N.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland. Hurricane Florence was only a Category 1 storm on the ...