Why a storm surge can be the deadliest part of a hurricane

It can start before a hurricane even makes landfall.
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Storm surge, or coastal flooding, tends to be the deadliest aspect of hurricanes. As wind from the storm pushes water onshore several feet above the normal tide, it can trap people in their homes, wash away entire houses, and make rescue missions harrowing and slow.
In the US, the Eastern and Southeastern coastlines are among the most vulnerable areas for storm surges. Along the East Coast, hurricane Sandy produced a massive storm surge in 2012. On the Gulf Coast, places like Galveston, Texas and New Orleans have seen multiple hurricanes so they've built some infrastructure to help defend against excessive flooding. Levees, canals and seawalls are designed to stop or redirect rising water away from cities. But even those can be inadequate, when faced with an especially strong hurricane.
What really concerns experts, though, are places that don’t experience a lot of hurricanes but are still vulnerable to storm surge, like the coast of Georgia and Northern Florida. These areas have shallow water, which means sea level can rise faster and water can reach further inland making the flooding worse. But they’ve seen fewer hurricanes than the Gulf Coast and they are likely to be less prepared.
So when a major hurricane like Irma hits low-lying areas like these, the storm surge can be the first and deadliest thing headed their way.
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You're right. To be fair, media tends to focus on close to home issues first, but Vox has enough experience with international news that I would really appreciate them doing a voxsplainer on the Rohingya crisis/potential genocide.

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Anyone watching this while Hurricane Florence heads for the American Southeast ? Wishing them the best .

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Florida better watch out

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Tournel Henry Seriously? Lmao

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Tournel Henry I highly doubt Christians would pray about the storm passing us if it's coming regardless. They're praying for everyone to be safe. (And its not really funny)

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Heftysquire 2776 Florida is on higher ground than Texas so it should have no storm surge

[@itisjambo]

This is true, thanks Katrina, Ike, Harvey, Irma.

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Kslater777 and katia and jose

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Kslater777 and Matthew, and Wilma.

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Kslater777 and Camille

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And sandy

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Floyd 1999

[@iamme160]

North and South Carolina is about to get hit with Hurricane Florence. I hope people start sharing this video. People who aren't used to hurricanes, don't consider how dangerous all of the flooding is.

[@taelungbro622]

Melanie Higgins the flooding already bad the current is so strong that water is too power fil I already know

[@jivanreyes6590]

The cost of denying global warming.

[@merkiu1972]

Jivan Reyes During the 1980 you would expect 4 hurricane per season. We've just been in a drought for about a decade it's got nothing to do with climate change the only reason they seem to be getting stronger is because more people settle on the coastline where it's low leveled ground making it easy to flooded example would be new Orleans an katrina.

[@merkiu1972]

Also no one is denying global warming the debate is what is driving it idiot.

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Scotty Peterson I guess you don't watch the news that often. I am aware of the scientific debate on global warming. But that's not what the politics of the country talk about now, is it?

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Acknowledging global warning isn't going to stop hurricanes from happening lol not sure what you're blabbering about Jivian

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I thought Iran doesn't have access to KZbin?

[@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy]

+VenomDalek You think "sorry" will fix that and revive the people who died for nothing?

[@josef6999]

Your definition of storm surge is a not complete. Storm surges tend to happen mostly becuase of low pressure from the hurricane causing the water to rise due to less pressure pushing down on the water.

[@-Meric-]

Josef This is just a simple video on it. High and low pressure gets a bit more complex

[@offchance789]

Water is non-compressible, storm surges occur due to high winds pushing water towards shore. Air pressure differences only fuel a hurricane to continue.

[@unvergebeneid]

That's not what the graphic at 2:23 says. It calls central pressure a "minimal contributor compared to other factors."

[@scottwilson4798]

offchance you're confusing the sea level rising under the hurricane with expanding . You're right it's non-compressible but it's still pushed down less under the hurricane than outside the hurricane, and this pressure difference cause the water to move in under the hurricane, giving a rise in sea level

[@Doping1234]

Air pressure still is a minor factor. The strongest hurricane in terms of low pressure measured was Wilma with 882hPa. This pressure differential to normal pressure of 1013hPa can hold a water column of 1.3m. And this is in the center of the storm at the min. pressure measured in its lifetime. Storm surges occur outside of the center and are, as shown in the video, up to 4m high. Low barometric pressure is hence just a minor contributing factor

[@bonibon6669]

Why do you name this hurricanes with silly names like : Kathy, Betty, Gary etc (granny names, don't sound dangerous). Name them like : Death-maker, the destroyer, megatron 300 etc. Than you would see how people would get scared and run for their lives before it's to late.

[@samarthtaneja3534]

I'd be on board for Hurricane Mega death destroyer 9000

[@NormanRodasMG]

Boni4 Real Lol. The WMO (World Meteorology Organization) started naming storms in 1953 after women and in 1979... after men and women. Irma is the replacement name of Irene of 2011 by the way.

[@bonibon6669]

Sam Taneja lol mate

[@bonibon6669]

TheOfficialNorman dude I know that I was just being sarcastic to people

[@codekillerz5392]

None of the names you suggested are remotely terrifying, they just make me laugh

[@aliahmukz]

Thanks for the eye-opening video. I wish nothing but safety and love to those who are affected by the Hurricane Irma.

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who hurt u ?

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Americans don't have to worry about Hurricane Jose because Trump won't let him in.

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Ryan C that is a good one.

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Joke I mean

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Frank Heuvelman, yeah consider how lucky the people on the hurricanes path, to be prepared ... you fkhead

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Ryan C that’s funny..... I’m not being sarcastic

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I am so glad I live in Brazil, and there is no such thing down here. But, I believe Katrina, Harvey and Irma all together makes less damage than this corrupt politicians.

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America has both!

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Brazil is trying to knock our politicians! 😂 you're too funny, too funny.

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BlueBell22 They're talking about THEIR politicians

[@CassidySoloff]

How can anyone deny climate change after the strength and frequency of these storms increase?

[@corndog6269]

Cassidy Soloff we are at peak of hurricane season. We are going to see a ton of hurricanes at this time. We had 4 hurricanes at one point on the Atlantic in 1998 and FIVE in 1996... did people bring up politics and global warming when those storms developed? 2004 was the year of like three to four hurricanes that hit Florida that same year! Climate change is inevitable. We affect global warming, yes. But not as exaggerated as critics like to say or do. We are entering a mini ice age.

[@samarthtaneja3534]

Because they are dumb. Plain and simple. Even without the hurricanes.

[@tapwater424]

You can't really look at the frequency of storms with a span of 10 years and then make claims about global warming.

[@gustavogutierrez2709]

Who do you think? Half this country voted for the Trump.

[@oscarsmith-jones4108]

the harp things has been debunked- its now becoming a college.

[@ShellBAtoms]

Looks like that could mean trouble for folks later this week with Florence. I'll be teaching my students about this tomorrow, and using this video. Well done!

[@conor8629]

Good thing I'm just outside of the storm surge zone in my area.

[@tatswatshesaid890]

Conor Andrich doesn't mean you are safe. It is best to leave to a definite safe area

[@mtm4671]

Conor Andrich selfish

[@TheGamingCats]

Conor Andrich then go to the storm surge area and save people

[@astroleaf6073]

EVACUATE THESE ARE STORM SURGE MODELS, WHICH MAY NOT BE CORRRECT! DONT BE LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED IN HOUSTON AND GOT TONS OF FLODDING EVACUATE

[@tatswatshesaid890]

As someone who lives in Houston and experienced Harvey, i cannot agree with you more. BUT don't wait to leave till the last minute and get stuck in traffic when the storm is nearby you because you will be under water. Your car, all of your belongings will be ruined. And you will be hoping to be found by rescuers and sent to a shelter. Worst of all you could die. Be careful when you are driving in flooded road, always drive slow in that situation. DON'T WAIT TO LEAVE AT THE LAST MINUTE.

[@johnsanvictores6639]

Of course this video has more comments on the imperial system than the actually video...

[@samarthtaneja3534]

TheGentleShark ­ because imperial is dumb

[@cooliipie]

Sam Taneja It's an American website. Don't use it if you don't like it

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I live in Florida

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@@Froztility same, western florda

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At least put the metric measurements in brackets on screen

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Or, you know, educate yourself. You filthy uncultured, tea sipping, baguette munching, pretend soccer playing, ghost faced, plague spreading swine.

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You're on an American website making a request of an American content creator, please say "parentheses" instead of "brackets."

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Ace Ace We use the word brackets too. The difference between them is (this) and [this]. But I side with your overall message lol

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Ace you didnt get the memo? using brackets instead of parentheses comes with the metric system.

[@4WARD5]

@Jackson Meade - Yes, I know that we also call [] brackets, but parentheses would be more appropriate in this use (brackets are usually only used within parentheses) and know that he meant what we'd call parentheses. @Don Draper - Nah, guess I missed that one.

[@jennysuarez1146]

Thank you for the explanation. Clear and useful to understand surges.

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2:10 last time I checked a cat 3 has winds less than 130 mph

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wanna hear a joke? *imperial measurements*

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but even the American space agency uses metric

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You can only measure freedom in yards

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Thank you I was wondering about this last night

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Thank you this was very helpful and informative 👍👍

[@jovanj2717]

And now Hurricane Florence is aiming right for Georgia and the Carolinas, just where this video says is unprepared... chilling

[@MrKriekemans]

Metric please

[@itisjambo]

RingoTheFlamingo7 i live in America and i'm still like, "screw imperial"

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Claire Knight say that all you want but the majority still uses the metric system

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CRYBABY'S DIAMOND Why would we worry about metric in a US relevant situation.

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Allen M because this is also an informative video.

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Because the majority of the people watching this video will use the metric system.

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This is good Vox! more of this stuff

[@hydra5414]

I never knew the water could come that far...just imagine what a 200 feet tsunami could do :0

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[@warramin7439]

i had to evacuate due to a flood warning/ storm surge warning, everything is going on so fast and the wind is so powerful that i can hear things breaking and rain hitting against the ground and shutters, this is honestly very frightening please stay safe everyone.

[@TheOrganicChemistryTutor]

Flooding is the worse. The wind is bad too if it takes your roof away.

[@rishithsinha]

When the levee breaks.

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Great video, Sam!

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This is why I'm glad I live in California. I don't have to worry about getting hit by hurricanes every single ye- *_Ground starts shaking violently_*

[@quitedankly3342]

I'm legit watching this in Miami during a hurricane

[@BladexZero12]

i live on the coast of Georgia 😧 please pray for us

[@melvenehill9562]

BladexZero12 you can't go north?

[@jurryaany]

Looks like you're going to be okay, the hurricane went along the west coast of Florida instead.

[@BladexZero12]

Melvene Hill no we don't really have the money too

[@BladexZero12]

Jurri v yeah that's good news for me. laughing quietly at the people that evacuated just to come back lol

[@riquisimx]

Thank you for this.

[@jaimenickson]

Thanks Vox. People like me in South FL feel soooo much better now

[@marcoescarra4222]

Well wish me luck! I'm currently situated in Miami Beach. Can't move cause all of my pets! I'm on an 11th floor. Soo! We'll see

[@karinacarvajal9919]

AnthroRoyaltyy Man, I feel like I would have left my pets as heartless as that sounds. Or will leave them at a shelter and run!!! You're like at a high floor, oh gosh. Well I wish you the best! And if you believe in God, may he protect you. :)

[@wassuhmufusaLOL]

you can evacuate your pets too. my parents did. you're lucky it's going west

[@betulcimenay7408]

The water is actually very bad for the building even if you're in the 11th floor.it damages the building and can even cause it to collapse.you should consider all the risks man..

[@octangula7914]

I'm glad I don't live there, I have 7 pets and only 3 travel cages.

[@briannar8560]

Good luck!! Stay safe, and dry...

[@FA-on6qw]

Oh Allah help us survive this monster Hurricane and protect the properties and citizens from harm. Stay strong and vegelent fellow Carolinas and Virgina. We will continue praying for you.

[@mattthegamerhongkong6948]

Also protect the Philippines and west to Central Guangdong

[@augustinedaudu9203]

Blesses.

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Alhamdulliah

[@JasonBrayUltraSports]

I went to Tacloban City, Philippines after Yolanda in 2013. Stil dead bodies in the main street. Even though it was called Typhoon Alley, they never had a storm that big and never even had a word in the local dialect for Storm surge. yet it was the main reason over 6,000 people died. Some of the stories I heard there were truly tragic. This is becoming more and moe common in this age we live in.

[@TearLilyd]

This makes much more sense. Thank you. I hear a lot of people say thinga like why didnt they leave during katrina but this explains a little more

[@nickizcool20]

you guys near the hurricane please be safe!!!!!!! I hope everyone stays vigilant and smart. I will try and make a KZbin video about dorian

[@amalkoury9149]

I live in florida and im so scared of hurricane irma because i don't even know how to swim because my dumbass parents never taught me

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LogicalOne You are making theists look bad.

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Dunno what i searched for to get this recommended to me but it sure is relevant.

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I have no clue who this guy is but I subscribed so he can hit 9 mil Good luck 👍

[@christiefils-aime4224]

Who’s here because of Dorian?

[@geordiecrusader4066]

me!

[@rottingpigskins7080]

I'm here because I'm waiting for Dorian to hit me soon

[@RixterNow]

Good video. I learned something

[@crazydrummer181]

Wow, Mississippi doesn’t even get a mention despite it’s entire coast being destroyed by Katrina and it claiming the 28 foot surge record. The entire coast of Mississippi was destroyed and it’s so very rarely mentioned in any video.

[@Starkada]

Breaking News: Hurricane Irma crashed thru President Trump's personal library. All 3 books were completely destroyed and... in a tragic twist... ...He hadn't even finished coloring them :)

[@danielgera1361]

There is a house in new orleans

[@jurryaany]

If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break

[@danielgera1361]

Eray Gedikoğlu yep im pretty sure it is very very gone...probably fell in love with irma

[@Codiliabra]

I'm in Central FL, Osceola Florida if you wish to get specific, and the wind has already picked up quite a bit. I'm just preparing for tomorrow and Monday. Also, if you live in South Florida, or a coastal area like Tampa, please evacuate!

[@NallahBrown]

Very informative

[@savannahc.5577]

Wow, a video about an event killing people RIGHT NOW and people decide to complain about the imperial system because, you know, priorities and such.

[@samsmusichub]

Wilder Thornberry well stated.

[@robinsandiego2346]

Because this video says so.

[@battlefront390x]

I live in cape coral florida i just evacuated this morning and took the most important stuff that i need cape coral is expecting a 12-6 foot surge and well r.i.p my home and neighboors who chose to stay

[@tf-gm7zg]

Irma: I am the most powerful storm to pass through the alantic ocean Dorian: hold my beer 🍺

[@dubb480]

Whoa

[@a.moment.of.exhale]

I have never been this early. Feels good!

[@waelheh2494]

Typhoon Haiyan 2013 in philippines killed more than 6,000 people. Storm surge is practically so new we didnt see how destructive it was🌊

[@TejaKarlapudi]

We have personally experienced a Category 4 hurricane in the south eastern India and it was monstrous. A 6 storeyed building built with solid concrete shook. We thought it was an earthquake but no, its the power of the winds. Imagine how a category 5 hurricane could be.

[@engrmoutassim]

Why does footage from 2005 look like it was produced in the late 80s?

[@speedy01247]

Cause you forgot how fast technology started to advance mid/late 2000's.

[@samarthtaneja3534]

Because technology rapidly expanded in the past decade

[@jurryaany]

Many personal cameras were still analog back then and recorded on film. The ones that were digital still had what we would consider primitive photographic sensors today. KZbin didn't exist until 2008 and its first videos were of terrible quality in large part due to this, but also because of the limits on internet speed back in those days. Look up "me at the zoo" for the first video that was ever uploaded onto KZbin and see for yourself how weak the video quality is.

[@BadgerCheese94]

If KZbin didn't exist until 2008 then I must be a time traveller cuz I was using KZbin since fall 2006.

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Hire some dutch folk to manage your water problems in the future.

[@cdimetr]

Nicely done

[@GauravGupta-pb8mk]

Thank you sir

[@carsonhartnett1105]

Hurricane Katrina? More like hurricane tortilla Dead meme

[@illuminist]

carson hartnett i dont get it

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illuminist was an old vine, search it up, really cringe

[@illuminist]

carson hartnett nah it looks really bad anyways

[@anknees2352]

I still live for that meme

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WHERE'S JOSS FONG. I NEED HER

[@vulgarpotato]

if you look at the credits she's behind almost every video

[@geuse_chandesu4273]

The Philippines also suffer storm surge. Caused by Hurricane Haiyan in 2013. Which killed 6,000 in the philippines

[@jhondoe8728]

My house is in the path of hurricane Irma's eye currently and this has been the scariest week of my life. Let's hope all of my stuff is there when we get back.

[@conan_chen]

First

[@daniel-wt2jx]

yes u are

[@Jupiter-lc7bw]

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[@joebroart]

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[@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII]

FaggoatMcDickSticks l couldnt agree more. Thanks for your wisdom.

[@qguam6142]

FaggoatMcDickSticks your words truly inspire me. With your help, I became a nerosurgen.

[@ted4212]

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[@puredenizen]

FaggoatMcDickSticks Honestly a very valid point, but not really relevant.

[@amercelo9371]

Such happened in the Philippines, in the Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda. Tacloban was ready for the typhoons, but not the storm surge (or daluyong). Many died of Yolanda because of this.

[@evahicks5733]

We only had a thunderstorm and some winds when Katrina hit where I live, but I awoke to a huge tree looming over my head. It had broken the window, but the backboard of my bed saved me from a lot of head damage

[@alrogers9396]

Thank you for not using metric, it's not needed, especially in a video concerning those in America who are accustomed to imperial measurements.

[@thotpatrol5159]

What's so hard with adding metric measurements too?

[@anknees2352]

T H O T P A T R O L whats so hard about converting them yourself?

[@oscarsmith-jones4108]

well ever: everybody wastes time in conversions, OR one person wastes time on conversions and shows everybody else. hmmmm.....

[@imanalien6461]

You just couldn't resist throwing global warming in there could you.

[@Regimeshifts]

uhm...

[@codekillerz5392]

Chuck Turner It's an important issue

[@alypixar4690]

Great video

[@hebneh]

It's true that the storm surge can come ashore before the bulk of a hurricane, but the very highest water levels usually occur around the eye. So right when the wind is strongest, is when your house near the coast is being smashed to pieces by the ocean. This makes it less likely that you can survive.

[@wackedupYUMYUMS]

An informative interesting vox video. I missed this

[@bazdurand43]

Vox do one on the king tides here in hawaii and the effects of it in downtown Honolulu and the Mapunapuna area

[@dartagnanx1]

wow, that was well made!

[@xiao2310]

Remember 2013 when the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Hayian. The storm surge killed about 15,000 people. I can clearly remember that tragic day. Worst experience of my life.

[@speedy01247]

yet Irma will probably kill less then 5,000 and it will become way more famous.

[@aadishankar1915]

Vox your editing and videos are on point, I mean I'm hooked! I had a video suggestion for you... Can you make a video about why or why not you can stop hurricanes at the source, or when it just started? Thank you!

[@PizzaBoneless]

At 2:56 why is the location for hurricane Sandy all the way up there? Sandy was a direct hit at Atlantic City, NJ, while the dot on the map is up by New York, where the storm wasn't nearly as bad.

[@GustavSvard]

On a related topic, @Vox, you should do a vid on the storm surge that sunk the German city of Rungholt ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt ) and/or on how Doggerland disappeared under the waves.

[@lawrencetchen]

@Vox, could you ID the closing music with all the arpeggios?

[@rikatan]

It's strange watching videos like these and knowing that people that are fine right now might be hurt by the incoming hurricane. I'm basically watching a mini-documentary about a disaster which hasn't happened yet. Feels kinda hopeless/depressing.

[@kailahlovesyou561]

Currently watching from Florida

[@superbro2058]

Changing the tags just to be relavent, very cool Vox very cool

[@alanparker9608]

This is true, thanks Katrina. Ike, Harvey, Irma.

[@djtrumpet1155]

Note that while Katrina was a high end Cat 3 at landfall, it was a firm Cat 5 at peak intensity in the middle of the Gulf.

[@lalala35683]

When I hear this guy's voice I know it'll be a good video

[@onlytoloveyou1]

Biloxi and gulfport, along hw90, buildings were knocked over by surge

[@jmims26]

Actually, the levees in New Orleans didnt break until Tuesday morning. After the storm passed over.

[@luckyg8]

Everyone in Florida and even South Georgia stay safe this weekend, we're for a wild ride

[@MQHNATYTC8262]

People: A hurricane is coming, help! Government: Wait, let’s name the hurricane before we escape!

[@hebneh]

Storm surge damage - and the risk to people - is also dependent on the type of structures that are near shorelines and which could be flooded or knocked down. Individual family homes made of wood and built at grade on the ground level will be not only inundated, but sometimes just busted to pieces. If you're in a building like this, you can readily be injured or killed. A reinforced concrete building, on the other hand, that's even 3 or 4 stories tall is likely to survive without collapsing, and people can shelter on the upper floors and survive.

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Storm surge from Dorian has decimated northern Bahamas. People, or me, growing up, you learn so much about the wind of a hurricane. Board up, tie down, batten down. But the WATER is what I've seen cause the most damage. The money and energy spent on wood and rope really could go toward rafts/tubes for the family.