Answer: Test Your Understanding:
Right Side and Storm Surge
| Surface winds around a hurricane
rotate counterclockwise and inward. The winds contribute to forming the mound of water
that eventually becomes a hurricane's storm surge. Which location will experience a greater storm surge?
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| Location C will experience the greatest storm
surge because surface winds will be pushing water toward the coastline. Notice the wind
direction marked with arrows. The greatest impact from storm surge in
the Northern Hemisphere occurs to the right of a hurricane’s eye as you face the
direction that the steering winds are blowing toward. More information about storm surge
is available in the Hazards/Storm Surge section.
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