Sentences with phrase «foot storm tide»

DONNA In 1960, Hurricane Donna created an 11 - foot storm tide in the New York Harbor that caused extensive pier damage.

While the record 13.9 foot storm tide in New York Harbor during Superstorm Sandy was primarily due to the coincidence of the strongest winds with high tide, sea - level rise driven by historical climate change added more than one foot to that total.

Initial rumors of a 15 - foot storm tide (storm surge plus tide) circulating social media remain unverified and were likely exaggerated.

Not exact matches

It was Category 5 with 185 mph winds and storm surges bringing waves 20 feet higher than normal tides.

According to storm surge expert Dr. Hal Needham, Hurricane Donna also brought a storm tide of 4 - 8 feet in Biscayne Bay, just south of Miami, and we can expect that Irma might bring similar water levels.

The difference between low tide and high tide is about 2.5 feet, so Irma will drive a significantly lower storm tide to the coast if it hits at low tide.

«About 7 to 8 million people in the U.S. live within 6 feet of the local high tide line, and storm surge can extend flooding far beyond the high tide line, as witnessed in Superstorm Sandy,» the report states.

Sandy caused the storm tide at the Battery, at the southern tip of Manhattan, to reach its highest level — 14.06 feet — since the start of record keeping at the site.

Hurricane Harvey likely generated a storm tide of 10 - 12 feet near Port Lavaca, although the highest observed level reported was 7 feet above mean sea level.

This enabled the NOAA tide gauge at this site to report a maximum storm tide level of 3.88 feet above NAVD88 datum.

Home to Haystack Rock, a 265 foot tall free - standing monolith and the 3rd largest of its kind in the world, Cannon Beach boasts 4 miles of pristine beach enjoyable at all tides and times (except perhaps during some of our famed winter storms!).

Whether you prefer to go storm watching from the indoors, your vehicle, or view from a point high above the dramatic surf, or even if you venture forth on foot while the raging winds pound high tide surf against the dunes, storm watching is an invigorating experience you won't soon forget.

Here in NYC, for example, we had a massive, destructive hurricane which damaged over 50K homes and created storm tides up to 15 feet above normal.

I'm imagining a late season hurricane's 16 - foot storm surge combined with a full moon high tide / low tide cycle destabilizing the methane clathrates offshore of New Jersey, lightning setting the gas afire, and a storm moving inland pouring boiling water and boullabaise on the refineries....

Therefore, to be fair, it seems you should add six feet to the 1821 storm, if you want to compare that storm with Sandy's surge at high tide.

The simulated storm surges calculated by the model for New York, at up to 16 feet, top the record set by Hurricane Sandy, at 14 feet (4.3 m)-- part of which was the high tide at the time.

Sea level rise due to global warming has already doubled the annual risk of coastal flooding of historic proportions across widespread areas of the United States... By 2030, many locations are likely to see storm surges combining with sea level rise to raise waters at least 4 feet above the local high - tide line.

For example, Hurricane Sandy brought a record storm tide to New York City in October 2013, flooding more areas than otherwise would have been inundated, since the sea level in lower Manhattan had climbed by about a foot during the 20th century.