1.   And storm surges swell when they occur at the time of normal high tides.

2.   As one of the dormitories collapsed under the pounding storm surge, the sisters moved the children to the remaining dorm.

3.   Battering waves on top of the storm surge contribute to its destructive power.

4.   Because the space center is only nine feet above sea level, officials worry about flooding from a storm surge.

5.   Because of the shallowing bottom, water piles up and ocean levels rise, creating the storm surge.

6.   A computer simulation shows hurricane winds whipping a storm surge over the embankments along Lake Pontchartrain and into the city, almost half of which is below sea level.

7.   A big worry on the barrier island was storm surge.

8.   A large storm surge can flatten buildings in its path.

9.   A tsunami, a wave caused by a sudden shift in the ocean floor, bears some similarity to the storm surge of a hurricane.

10.   A storm surge is the abnormal rise in ocean levels as a hurricane or tropical storm comes ashore.