* Rungholt – Wadden Sea in Germany, sunken during the " grote Mandraenke ", a storm surge in the North Sea on January 16, 1362

storm surge and killed 250 people

* 1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10, 000 people.

* 1997 – The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.

In a geomagnetic storm, a surge in the flux of charged particles temporarily alters Earth's magnetic field, which induces electric fields in Earth's atmosphere, thus causing surges in our electrical power grid s. Artist's rendition ; sizes are not to scale.

* 1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa ( which has never been completely rebuilt ).

* 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the " Storm of the Century ", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City.

This storm surge barrier protects Rotterdam against north westerly Beaufort Force 10 to 12 storms.

One well-circulated but unevidenced answer to the paradox is that Pytheas is referring to a storm surge.

This triggered storm surge, strong winds, and waves on the more vulnerable western coasts of St. Kitts and Nevis, causing significant beach erosion and flooding.

Some meteorological conditions, such as deep depressions that cause tropical cyclones, can generate a storm surge, called a meteotsunami, which can raise tides several metres above normal levels.

The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2, 000 people die.

* November 25 – Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1, 036 deaths.

* May 25 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10, 000 people.

* November 25 – A disastrous cyclone slams India with terrible winds and a giant 40-foot storm surge, wiping out the port city of Coringa ; 300, 000 people die.

On August 28 – 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina pushed a massive storm surge into Mobile Bay, measuring high at Bayou La Batre ( Alabama ), with higher waves on top, and high at Mobile, at the far northern end of Mobile Bay.

The geomagnetic storm – like E3 pulse ( from the test designated as " Test 184 ") even induced an electric current surge in a long underground power line that caused a fire in the power plant in the city of Karaganda.

Flooding near Key West, Florida, United States from Hurricane Wilma's storm surge in October 2005.

A storm surge, from either a tropical cyclone or an extratropical cyclone, falls within this category.

Following the storm, a long, high seawall was constructed to protect the city from floods and hurricane storm surge.

Tropical cyclones can result in extensive flooding and storm surge, as happened with:

The United States Geological Survey states that the highest point in Jacksonville is only 40 feet ( 12. 2 meters ) above sea level, making the area susceptible to flooding and storm surge.

The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, levees, and storm surge barriers.

The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised.

A few days after the raid, the German Kaiser sent a telegram (" Kruger telegram ") congratulating President Kruger and the government of the South African Republic on their success, and when the text of this telegram was disclosed in the British press, it generated a storm of anti-German feeling.

* 2007: In June, a large dust storm generated by Cyclone Yemyin struck Karachi, Pakistan and areas of the Sindh and lower Balochistan, followed by a series of heavy rainfalls which resulted in a death toll of nearly 200.

In 2008, the storm surge generated by Hurricane Ike caused nearly complete flooding of Bridge City.

The 2012 popchips commercial showing actor Ashton Kucher in brown make-up on his face impersonating a stereotypical Indian person generated a storm of controversy and was eventually pulled by the company after complaints of racism.

Baldwin was Styron's house guest and interlocutor for several months following the critical storm generated by Another Country.

" The ads generated a storm of protest to the Congress, prompting the Internal Revenue Service to announce it was suspending the Sierra Club's 501 ( c )( 3 ) status pending an investigation.

During hurricane seasons, the winds and rains of approaching tropical storms -- as well as waves generated by the storm in the surrounding bodies of water — make traversing causeways problematic at best and impossibly dangerous during the fiercest parts of the storms.

The proposal has generated a storm of protests from opposition politicians, many of whom were victims of the coup, as well as from the military.

The observational data and storm lifecycle research generated by Stormfury helped improve meteorologists ' ability to forecast the movement and intensity of future hurricanes.

In the United States, one of the greatest recorded storm surges was generated by 2005's Hurricane Katrina, which produced a maximum storm surge of more than 25 ft ( 8 meters ) in the communities of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Diamondhead, and Pass Christian in Mississippi, with a storm surge height of 27. 8 ft ( 8. 5 m ) in Pass Christian.

This generated shear on Humberto, causing the storm to weaken back to a Category 1 hurricane on August 26.

This thermal variation can be easily noted by comparing the temperatures of Vitória with the nearby town of Vila Velha, noting in all seasons, especially in winter, the minimum of Vila Velha is 1 ° C-3 ° C lower than in Vitória and even the colder climates generated by storm and cold fronts tend do be slightly warmer there.

The wreck originally sat upright in approximately 90 feet ( 27 m ) with the deck at 60 feet ( 18 m ), until wave action generated by a winter Norwester storm ( December 1998-January 1999 ) which nearly tore the ship in two.

When in June 1995 the resumption of French underground nuclear tests at Moruroa Atoll was announced, Evans generated a storm of press and public criticism for remarking that while Australia deplored the decision ‘ it could have been worse ’.

( 2006 ) that a large storm in the Gulf of Alaska generated a trans-Pacific ocean swell that may have contributed to breaking B15-A into many pieces on October 27, 2005.

The storm generated coastal and inland hazards, including flooding, erosion, destruction to coastal defences and widespread wind damage.

As the storm passed near the island of Bermuda, it generated strong winds — gusting to — and heavy precipitation.

This feature has long been of major concern to meteorologists in the study of tropical storm patterns along the east coast, and is one of the primary reasons why the New York Metropolitan Area is considered a high danger zone for storm generated ocean-water surges, despite its northerly latitude.

The waves in Mullaghmore were generated by a complex weather system nicknamed the " Viking storm " leading to the best big wave conditions in the area for the month of March for 15 years.

It " generated a storm of criticism in the years following its release ".

Nearly a year later the disposition of the body had yet to be decided and as a result his casket was swept away from its resting place by a storm surge generated from the deadly Galveston Hurricane of 1900.