flood surge
Rising water wave
A flood surge is a rapid, powerful rise of water, especially during storms or tidal events.
The term overlaps with storm surge but emphasizes the flooding aspect—water pushing inland and overwhelming normal boundaries: The flood surge inundated coastal neighborhoods within minutes.
It can also describe sudden rises in rivers or other waterways during extreme weather.
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- risingAct of ascending
- rising watersIncreasing water levels
water · tide · water level · inundation · crest · high water mark · levee · broken levee · dam · rushing · waves · current · downstream · embankment · sandbag wall · swelling · breach · roaring
flood surgeseepage
Slow fluid escape
trickle · calm waters · drip · ooze · slow leak
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Gradual retreat seaward
drawdown · receding waters · subsidence · drainage · falling tide
flood surgedrought
Prolonged water scarcity
water scarcity · dry spell · desiccation · water shortage · aridity
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