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storm surge
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offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system
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Encyclopedic overview
Storm surge of the North Sea on February 9, 2014, as seen on the South Beach (Südstrand) in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
A storm surge is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as tropical cyclones. Alternatively, it may be known as a storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide. It is measured as the rise in water level above the normal tidal level, and does not include waves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “storm surge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.