Hurricane Storm Surge Animation-Shallow Continental Shelf
The animation shows storm surge approaching a home that is located near the beachfront. The storm surge increases in height, erodes away at the smaller dune, and eventually moves the house off its foundation.
Text Version of Animation with Annotations
The following images are taken from an animation developed by the COMET Program. The images show storm surge approaching a home that is located near the beachfront. The storm surge increases in height, erodes away at the smaller dune, and eventually moves the house off its foundation.
![[graphic of storm surge storm surge approaching a house located near the water-graphic courtesy of the COMET program]](images/stormSurge/shallow_water_1.gif)
This graphic shows storm surge approaching a house located near the water.
![[graphic of storm surge increasing in height and reaching the house. -graphic courtesy of the COMET program]](images/stormSurge/shallow_water_5.gif)
This graphic shows the storm surge increasing in height and reaching the house.
![[graphic of storm surge increasing in height and starts to move the house-graphic courtesy of the COMET program]](images/stormSurge/shallow_water_8.gif)
The storm surge has increased in height and starts to move the house.
![[graphic of storm surge continuing to move the house away from its foundation-graphic courtesy of the COMET program]](images/stormSurge/shallow_water_10.gif)
The storm surge continues to move the house away from its foundation.