About Storm Surges

A storm surge is an unexpectedly high water level caused by an atmospheric phenomenon, and are among the most devastating natural catastrophes. A large fraction of the Earth's coastline is at risk from surges, which can cause significant damage and loss of life.

The following pages give some background to storm surges, arranged in the following categories:

• What is a storm surge?
• Where do storm surges occur?
• Impacts of storm surges.
• Storm surge defences.
• Surge modelling and forecasting. 
• How satellite data can help surge modelling and forecasting.

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