As powerful Hurricane Milton nears the Florida coast, forecasters are carefully charting its winds on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. But there’s no easy way to categorize the storm surge that’s expected to ravage ocean-front communities. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Storm surge—the rise in seawater level caused solely by a storm—can bring dangerous floodwaters into coastal areas.
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