storm surge

storm surge

English

Noun

storm surge (plural storm surges)

1. An unusual rise in sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
   • 1965, N. Arthur Pore, "Chesapeake Bay Extratropical Storm Surges," Chesapeake Science, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 172:

     The storm surge is defined as the difference between the observed tide and the predicted astronomical tide and is considered to be the meteorological effect on sea level.

Translations

unusual rise in sea level

Cebuano: sultaob Finnish: myrskyaalto Hungarian: vihardagály (hu) Italian: mareggiata (it) f, fortunale (it) m, tempesta di mare f, burrasca (it) f, mare procelloso m Maori: tai reporepo

Norwegian: Bokmål: stormflo m or f Nynorsk: stormflod f Persian: خیزاب‎ (fa) (xizâb) Tagalog: daluyong

See also

• storm tide