Noun
storm surge (plural storm surges)
An unusual rise in sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
I get mad at the New York-based environmentalists because if you were truly environmentalists you wouldn't have a storm surge system and a sanitary system hooked together here that requires you to close your beaches 10 times a year. Aubrey McClendon
We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. Ray Nagin
According to reports, the risk of dangerous winds, storm surge, and rainfall impacts in Central America are expected to start Sunday night or by Monday, November 16th. Source: Internet
An 8-inch water line remains on the door of Otto Lohmann's garage, the mark of storm surge which entered his utility room and garage overnight at his home on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Oldsmar, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. Source: Internet
By August 31, the southwestern eyewall of the storm passed over the island, with winds well over convert, citation driving a convert storm surge and waves directly into the lagoon inflicting major damage. Source: Internet
Coastal Engineering.56: 244–259 studied the effect of combination of wave overtopping and storm surge overflow on the erosion and scour generation in levees. Source: Internet