The storm is expected to bring “unsurvivable” storm surge of up to 20 feet to the Big Bend area, according to the National ...

A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.

Before the storm's landfall an 18-foot surge with huge waves develops in Lake ... A head of water almost 20 feet high destroys houses in the immediate vicinity of the breach and pushes others ...