Post-storm surveys show the ocean surge rose by one to two stories along some 60 miles of Florida’s southwestern coastline.
Early surveys of Hurricane Ian’s damage and data from flood sensors show that the massive cyclone’s storm surge — powerful floods of ocean water above normally dry land — rose one to two stories high across some 60 miles of Florida’s southwestern coastline and in some spots spread several miles inland.
About 40 miles away in Marco Island, surveys and data suggest floodwaters rose to 7.5 feet, probably as a result of the surge that Ian’s winds pushed along the shore as the storm churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward landfall, said Ronald Busciolano, a USGS hydrologist and the leader of the agency’s coastal storm team.Advertisement
“I think a lot of people here realize how close they came from a deadly, devastating, life-changing hurricane,” he said.Official data on flooding by the storm surge is not expected for weeks, after more damage surveys have been conducted and the data is reviewed for errors and bias. National Hurricane Center officials said their thorough review of forecasts and observations of Ian would not be completed until the winter or spring.
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