Meanings
nounstorm surge (plural storm surges)
plural storm surges
- climatologyAn unusual rise in the sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
The storm surge is defined as the difference between the observed tide and the predicted astronomical tide and is considered to be the meteorological effect on sea level.
1965, N. Arthur Pore, “Chesapeake Bay Extratropical Storm Surges”, in Chesapeake Science, volume 6, number 3, page 172Synonyms: tidal surge
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unusual rise in the sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds.
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Catalan maror ciclònica
- maror ciclònicaunusual rise in sea level
Chinese Mandarin 風暴潮 /风暴潮
- 風暴潮 /风暴潮 (fēngbàocháo)unusual rise in sea level
Dutch stormvloed
- stormvloedunusual rise in sea level
Finnish myrskyvuoksi
- myrskyvuoksiunusual rise in sea level
French onde de tempête
- onde de tempêteunusual rise in sea level
German Sturmflut
- Sturmflutunusual rise in sea level
Hebrew נד סופה
- נד סופה (ned sufá)unusual rise in sea level
Hungarian vihardagály
- vihardagályunusual rise in sea level
Italian mareggiata, fortunale
- mareggiataunusual rise in sea level
- fortunaleunusual rise in sea level
- tempesta di mareunusual rise in sea level
- burrascaunusual rise in sea level
Malay pusuan ribut, luruan ribut
- pusuan ributunusual rise in sea level
- luruan ributunusual rise in sea level
Māori tai reporepo
- tai reporepounusual rise in sea level
Norwegian Bokmål stormflo
- stormflounusual rise in sea level
Persian خیزاب
- خیزاب (xizâb)unusual rise in sea level
Polish fala sztormowa
- fala sztormowaunusual rise in sea level
Portuguese maré de tempestade, maré ciclônica
- maré de tempestadeunusual rise in sea level
- maré ciclônicaunusual rise in sea level
Russian штормово́й наго́н, штормово́й прили́в
- штормово́й наго́н (štormovój nagón)unusual rise in sea level
- штормово́й прили́в (štormovój prilív)unusual rise in sea level
Spanish marejada ciclónica
- marejada ciclónicaunusual rise in sea level
Swedish stormflod
- stormflodunusual rise in sea level
Tagalog daluyong, daluyong-bagyo
- daluyongunusual rise in sea level
- daluyong-bagyounusual rise in sea level
Welsh mordwy, merwerydd
- mordwyunusual rise in sea level
- merweryddunusual rise in sea level
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storm surge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20surge
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“storm surge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20surge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storm surge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20surge.
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