As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, the National Weather Service released a video warning of the life-threatening storm surge in the Tampa region and elsewhere.

NOAA is testing a new storm surge warning system that provides precise geographic alerts to reduce unnecessary evacuations.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has produced the storm surge model for the Cayman Islands and it is ...

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Before modern forecasting, hurricanes were mass casualty events. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane killed over 8,000 people, wiping out an entire city with a 15-foot storm surge. Less than a century ago, ...

In order to inform the public about the potential incoming storm surge, the National Weather Service will issue alerts. A Storm Surge Watch is generally issued within 48 hours of an event when ...

Wireless Emergency Alerts are limited to flash flood warnings when there is a "threat tag" of considerable or catastrophic.

The National Weather Service has various tools for warning the public about dangerous conditions. It can, for example, issue special weather statements and severe thunderstorm warnings.

Hurricane Milton, a storm expanding in size, will force high surges of ocean into the west Florida coast. In response, the National Weather Service's Tampa Bay office released a succinct, stark ...