Tropical Storm Bertha’s Impacts
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 5 a.m. ET. Article last updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 8 p.m. ET. System type: Tropical storm . System name: Bertha. The Nat
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Heavy rain, storm surge threaten MS Coast as TS Bertha churns toward LA
Tropical Storm Bertha is headed west with storm surge and heavy rain threatening the Gulf Coast.
While Tropical Storm Bertha continues moving toward the Louisiana coast, the storm’s impacts continue spreading across the northern Gulf. The National Weather Service in Mobile has maintained Tropical Storm Warnings for portions of Alabama and northwest ...
Hurricane-force winds can knock out power and tear roofs apart. The powerful winds also contribute to coastal flooding through storm surge. Storm surge, in basic terms, occurs when strong winds from a hurricane or tropical storm push water towards shore ...
But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow. As a coastal engineer, I study how storm surge and waves interact with natural and human-made features on the ocean floor and coast and ways to mitigate their impact.
VIRGINIA BEACH — A coalition of conservation groups are raising concerns over a proposed Lynnhaven Inlet storm surge barrier that could be built as part of a series of large flood protection projects in the city.