The storm surge of a hurricane is not a wave, but rather it is a building of the ocean due to the wind. [http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/updates-sandys-catastrophic-im/746423]
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'''Storm surge''' is water from the ocean that is pushed toward the shore by the force
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of the winds swirling around the hurricane.
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* The storm surge of a hurricane is not a wave, but rather it is a building of the ocean due to the wind. [http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/updates-sandys-catastrophic-im/746423]