- Hurricane Track: Hurricane Storm Surge
 - Find information on the deadly phenomenon of storm surge flooding, a phenomenon that historically is responsible for significant damages and loss of life. - NOAA Extratropical Water Level Forecast
- Access the data NOAA utilizes to predict and monitor storm surges. The manual includes a number of graphs and regional maps, pulling in data from monitoring stations around the U.S.
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness: Storm Surge
- Article on the dangers of storm surges. Includes notes on past major storm surges, as well as safety precautions.
- NOAA Tides Online
- Monitoring storm surges generated by hurricanes and tropical storms. The NOAA site includes maps that pinpoint U.S. costal regions affected by storm tides.
- Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge From Hurricanes (SLOSH)
- Learn about the computerized model designed to estimate storm surge depths resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes by taking into account a storm's pressure, size, forward speed, forecast track, wind speeds, and topographical data.
- Storm Surge - FEMA Hurrican Hazards
- Provides information on the causes and possible effects of storm surges, the high storm tides created by the force of the winds swirling around the tropical cyclones.
- Storm Surge: A Concern To Coastal Residents
- Brief article with a video describing storm surges, the rising of the sea level due to the low pressure, high winds, and high waves associated with a hurricane as it makes landfall.
- USA Today: Storm Surge Adds to Hurricane Danger
- Article and interactive graphic illustrating the hazards of storm surge flooding that includes information on how forecasters predict and prepare for surges.
- Wikipedia: Storm Surge
- Hyperlinked article on the storm surge, a weather phenomenon often associated with a low pressure weather system such as a tropical cyclone.
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