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What's The Deepest Storm Surge In History?
Season 3
Episode 9
As our seas rise and hurricanes get stronger, it is important that we understand more about storm surge – the most dangerous part of a hurricane. In this episode of Weathered we tell the story behind the best video we’ve ever seen of storm surge – or any storm footage for that matter – captured by storm chaser Max Olson’s probe. And we’ll tell you why it matters.
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