A detailed view of the storm surge: comparing Katrina to Camille and General characteristics of storm surges. Depiction of a 15-foot hurricane storm surge occurring at high tide of two feet about ...

Katrina's highest storm surge was recorded at 11.5 feet, while Philpot, in Florida, experienced the storm's maximum rainfall of 7.80 inches in 48 hours. On Monday the National Hurricane Center ...

S. than Katrina, with many of the more than 500 direct deaths attributed to storm surge. It delivered one of the higher surges in modern records, estimated at 24-28 feet along about 20 miles of ...