Accurate storm surge predictions are critical for giving coastal residents time to evacuate and giving emergency responders ...

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can ...

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of more ...

Hurricane Melissa could bring 13 feet of storm surge to Jamaica. CNN’s Kate Bolduan uses a visualization to show what 10 feet of storm surge looks like.

Video shows one of five homes that collapsed Tuesday in Buxton, N.C., as storm surge, large surf and severe erosion continue to threaten Hatteras Island.

The storm killed about 20 people in Haiti and flooded more than 160 homes. Five bodies were found in Jamaica, and one person ...

More than 25,000 people were packed into shelters across Jamaica on Wednesday, hours after Melissa made landfall as a catastrophic Category 5 storm.

The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have ...

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to ...

Melissa is now a Category 1 moving through the Bahamas after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

Hurricane Melissa has caused devastating flooding in Haiti, leading to at least 20 deaths on the island. Many homes have been ...