storm surge

noun

1. an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.

Example Sentences

It has warned of a "life-threatening storm surge", heavy rains and severe winds, and hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated ahead of the storm's arrival,

From BBC

On Thursday, the BBC saw undertakers and funeral vans retrieving bodies from the street, while on nearby roads, cars swept away by the storm surge were piled on top of each other.

From BBC

Those working the sea were impacted as well; clam farmers along the Gulf Coast are grappling with the losses they incurred when Helene's storm surge ravaged their stocks.

From Salon

When he returned home the next morning, he found that the nearly 20-foot storm surge had torn it apart.

From Salon

A direct hit would have inflicted catastrophic, region-remaking losses on Tampa and environs, due to NASCAR-speed winds and unprecedented levels of storm surge.

From Slate