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A storm surge is when storm-driven winds push water toward the coastline. As the tide rises, the water overflows onto coastal lands, causing flooding. When does hurricane season end?

The Tampa Bay region is nowhere near done with recovery and cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall Sept. 30 and brought six feet of storm surge to the Tampa area's coastlines.

August 28, 2012, 1:46 AM. ... The hurricane center said a storm surge -- the bulge of water that a storm pushes ahead of itself -- of 8.8 feet had been measured at Shell Beach, La.