For example, restricting development of land in flood plains and in coastal locations affected by hurricane storm surge is an effective adaptation strategy regardless of how climate changes. (physicstoday.scitation.org)
Over the past decade, modelers led by Clint Dawson of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin; Rick Luettich of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Joannes Westerink of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana developed a model, known as ADCIRC, to predict hurricane storm surges throughout the gulf. (sciencemag.org)
Perusing hurricane storm tracks since 1850 (illustration below) reveals it was Sandy's unusual perpendicular approach to the coast that enhanced storm surge. (landscapesandcycles.net)