Sentences with phrase «surge at high tide»

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.

Not exact matches

There is an elevated «threat to life and property» in relation to storm surges, according to the NWS warning, with the potential for the impacts to be felt around high tide at 2:40 p.m. Sunday and roughly every 12 hours thereafter into Tuesday.

Last October, Sandy's storm surge hit the coast at high tide, but storm and tidal conditions were not the only cause of the devastation, Kemp says.

Best viewed at high tide or during winter storms, make sure to keep your eye on the ocean since sneaker waves can surge in without warning at any time.

The Metro East coast regional study that was done as part of the US National Assessment brought to light the expected tidal surge height for NY City in the event of a category 3 hurricane at high tide — and it is over 20 feet — without sea level rise.

To this point, the City of Miami began a combined program of installing pumps to rid streets of flooding at times of high tide and has assessed a property tax to begin its efforts to fight the surge of waters set off by human caused climate change.

The impacts of sea level rise, in the form of higher storm surges and increasingly common flooding at times of astronomical high tides, are already causing damage in the U.S. and worldwide.

Examining the graphic on storm surge (below) posted by one of Trenberth's colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, we clearly see how extreme high water events since 1900 are broken down into contributions from storm surge, high tides and a century of sea level rise.

The sea levels are rising, encroaching up the coast and making storm surges more destructive (especially at high tide, as happened with Sandy).

These surges sometimes run ashore at high tide and devastate local populations.

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.

The tide must be high, and ferocious winds must pile up the water to unusual heights at the same time: this is the storm surge.

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.