Meaning

1 senses
  1. An unusual rise in the sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.

    Sturmflut

    штормово́й наго́нštormovój nagón, штормово́й прили́вštormovój prilív

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Mangrove forests stabilize the coastline, reducing erosion from storm surges, currents, waves, and tides.

  2. Mangrove swamps can help to protect coastal areas from storm surges and other natural disasters.

  3. Hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect for the northwestern Gulf coast.

  4. The storm is likely to bring catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surges and torrential rainfall to Central America.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unusual rise in sea level:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unusual rise in sea level:

Forms

plural: storm surges
Singularstorm surge
Pluralstorm surges

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstorm tide

See also

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