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The hurricane caused 7ft waves and forecasters warned of storm-surge damage on the coasts of Virginia and Delaware, along the Jersey shore and in New York harbour and Long Island sound.
Hurricane Irene: Michael Bloomberg makes last-ditch evacuation plea 2011
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It's not just the rainfall, but perhaps days of pressure on levees, as storm-surge water could be driven into Lake Pontchartrain if a tropical storm or hurricane hangs out over the north-central Gulf of Mexico, Mancuso said.
Tropical Storm Lee spins in Gulf, ready to wallop with rain 2011
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The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale categories — which measure only wind speed — are not a good indicator of storm-surge risk.
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"These floods occur much more often than the storm-surge events, but in general take fewer lives per event," Rappaport says.
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The counties selected had some degree of storm-surge risk from hurricanes as strong as Category 5 .
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The counties selected had some degree of storm-surge risk from hurricanes as strong as Category 5 .
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It's not just the rainfall, but perhaps days of pressure on levees, as storm-surge water could be driven into Lake Pontchartrain if a tropical storm or hurricane hangs out over the north-central Gulf of Mexico, Mancuso said.
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It's not just the rainfall, but perhaps days of pressure on levees, as storm-surge water could be driven into Lake Pontchartrain if a tropical storm or hurricane hangs out over the north-central Gulf of Mexico, Mancuso said.
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The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale categories — which measure only wind speed — are not a good indicator of storm-surge risk.
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"These floods occur much more often than the storm-surge events, but in general take fewer lives per event," Rappaport says.
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