Storm Surge

science-environment

The Tampa storm surge map presents a straightforward, location-specific picture of how water levels can rise along the central Gulf Coast during tropical systems and strong wint...

Weather And Climate

The Hillsborough County storm surge map is a planning and response tool that communicates how far inland storm-driven water could reach under different scenarios across Tampa Ba...

technology

The Miami Dade storm surge simulator is a set of computational and physical models used to estimate how hurricane-driven waves and water levels would move through Miami-Dade Cou...

hazard-maps

Storm surge maps for Tampa, Florida, show predicted coastal flooding depths and extents for hypothetical hurricanes or intense low-pressure events, combining storm size, strengt...

Environment and Climate

Photographs and videos from Key West during Hurricane Irma in September 2017 documented one of the most consequential weather events in recent Florida history. These images capt...

climate-resilience

In Miami, a storm surge map shows coastal and inland areas where water from hurricanes and other intense low-pressure systems can move onshore, helping residents understand floo...

coastal-hazards

Storm surge in Naples, FL, is the rise in seawater driven by a storm’s winds pushing water onshore, layered on top of normal tides. It differs from rainfall-driven flooding an...

weather-hazards

Hurricane Irma was a long-lived, extremely powerful Cape Verde–type hurricane that became one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record. Forming in late August 2017, Irma rea...