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===Storm size===
The size of the storm also affects the surge height; this is due to the storm's area not being proportional to its perimeter. If a storm doubles in diameter, its perimeter also doubles, but its area quadruples.
[[File:Hurricane Ike Gilchrist damage.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Hurricane Ike]] storm surge damage in [[Gilchrist, Texas]] in 2008.]]
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The [[1900 Galveston hurricane]], a [[Category 4 hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] that struck [[Galveston, Texas]], drove a devastating surge ashore; between 6,000 and 12,000 people died, making it the deadliest [[natural disaster]] ever to strike the United States.<ref name="Herbert 1983" />
The highest storm tide noted in historical accounts was produced by the 1899 [[Cyclone Mahina]], estimated at almost {{convert|44|ft|m|2}} at [[Bathurst Bay]], [[Australia]], but research published in 2000 concluded that the majority of this likely was wave run-up because of the steep coastal topography.<ref name="Nott and Hayne" /> However, much of this storm surge was likely due to Mahina's extreme intensity, as computer modeling required an intensity of {{convert|880|mbar|inHg}} (the same intensity as the lowest recorded pressure from the storm) to produce the recorded storm surge.<ref name="bid">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-26/cyclone-mahina/5964342|title=Tropical Cyclone Mahina: Bid to have deadly March 1899 weather event upgraded in record books|last=Kerr|first=Jack|date=26 December 2014|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=6 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402202458/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-26/cyclone-mahina/5964342|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> In the United States, one of the greatest recorded storm surges was generated by [[Hurricane Katrina]] on August 29, 2005, which produced a maximum storm surge of more than {{convert|28|ft|m|2}} in southern [[Mississippi]], with a storm surge height of {{convert|27.8|ft|m|2}} in [[Pass Christian, Mississippi|Pass Christian]].<ref name="FEMA1">{{cite web|author=FEMA|publisher=Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)|date=2006-05-30|access-date=2008-08-11|title=Hurricane Katrina Flood Recovery (Mississippi)|url=http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_ms_methods.shtm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917203942/http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_ms_methods.shtm|archive-date=2008-09-17}}</ref><ref name="KatrinaTCR" /> Another record storm surge occurred in this same area from [[Hurricane Camille]] in 1969, with a storm tide of {{convert|24.6|ft|m|2}}, also at Pass Christian.<ref name="Simpson, 1969" /> A storm surge of {{convert|14|ft|m|2}} occurred in [[New York City]] during [[Hurricane Sandy]] in October 2012.<ref>{{
==See also==
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