Tropical Cyclone: Largest Storm Surge associated with Tropical Cyclone

Record Value	13 m (42')
Date of Event	5/3/1899
Geospatial Location	Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia [14°15'S, 144°23'E] with Tropical Cyclone Mahina

Reference

Whittingham, H.E., 1958: "The Bathurst Bay Hurricane and associated storm surge" Aust. Met. Mag., 23:14-36 Nott J., Green C., Townsend I. and J. Callaghan, 2013: "The world record storm surge and the most intense Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone - New Evidence and Modeling" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00233.1

Discussion

Other contemporary accounts place the surge at 14.6 m (almost 48 ft). Fish and dolphins were reported found on top of 15 m cliffs

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Additional Images

World's Largest Storm Surge associated with Tropical Cyclone

Illustration of 13 meter (42') storm surge depth

Closeup and Regional Satellite Images of Bathurst Bay