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Hurricane Storm Surge Animation-Steep Continental Shelf

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The animation shows storm surge approaching a home that sits on a dune. The storm surge increases in height, erodes away at the dune, and may eventually reach the home.

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 sits on a dune. The storm surge increases in height, erodes away at the dune, and approaches the home.

This graphic shows storm surge approaching a home located near the water on a dune.

This graphic shows the storm surge increasing in height, still approaching the home.

This graphic shows the winds and the storm surge height increasing.

Storm surge has increased and starts to erode away the dune.

Storm surge has increased significantly and continues to erode away at the dune.

The storm surge now approaches the home and a large part of the dune has been eroded.

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