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Shielding You From the Storm: Understanding storm surge

Posted at 10:28 AM, May 25, 2018
and last updated 2018-05-25 15:51:57-04

As we approached hurricane season, Four in Your Corner reached out to you to find out what you wanted to know this year.  One of the most popular questions we got was about storm surge. 

Chief Meteorologist Derek Beasley is here to break it down in the video above.

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