Sentence examples for highest surge from inspiring English sources

That would have made it the highest surge since the floods of 1953, in which more than 300 people in coastal towns were killed.

Forecasters are expecting a 6-to-11-foot surge to hit the city at high tide around 8 p.m. – the highest surge of the entire storm cycle.

The highest surge Wednesday, closer to 5 feet, will be on the south and north shores of Long Island, Mr. Stark said.

As I watched the TV images of water sloshing over floodwalls in New Orleans, from a hurricane whose highest surge missed the city, I couldn't help returning to a question that has dogged me since Hurricane Katrina -- which, like Gustav, was not even close to a worst-case storm.

The Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines experienced the highest surge level recorded in North America and Katrina-generated waves in the Gulf of Mexico that equaled the highest previously measured by NOAA buoys.

The barrier islands to the east of the landfall point, those subjected to the highest surge, were severely eroded.

In another study, at the University of Utah, Dr. Dabbs and a colleague, Paul Bernhardt, found that male college basketball fans whose responses to a questionnaire indicated they had a low opinion of themselves registered the highest surges in testosterone after a victory.

But people were killed instead by a 5-metre (16-foot) high surge of water which flooded the structure.

The drivers troubleshoot insurance plans and used cars, try to read the tea leaves on Uber announcements, commiserate when they all wake up to a new (usually unannounced) fare cut, or celebrate successful days of catching high surge fares.

The possibility of a higher surge was one reason that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York ordered mandatory evacuations in low-lying areas, just as he did before Tropical Storm Irene.

However, an increasing number of breakdown cases have been reported when a higher surge voltage exists in some devices.