Storm surges are often the most devastating aspect of hurricanes. The storm surges essentially are abnormal risings in tide caused by the high winds of the hurricane around the eye, and the approach to land. Storm surges have capabilities of becoming quite massive. Recorded surges have been up to, and exceeding 40 feet in some parts of the world.
The picture below was taken in the Phillipines after a cyclone passed through the country. The storm surge is estimated to have killed 10,000 or people. These high tides are perhaps the most devastating form a natural disaster can take.
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/surge_world_records.asp
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