For example, the maximum storm surge of Hurricane Katrina was 27.8 feet in Pass Christian, Mississippi (measured inside a building where waves couldn't reach). However, the highest high water mark ...

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina topped the list of the worst storms to ever hit the US when it triggered a 28-foot-tall storm surge that swept over New Orleans. But even with all that destruction ...

At about 6:30 a.m., with the ... eye of Katrina reaches the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, the surge in the Funnel and Industrial Canal levels off and begins to drain due to the storm's ...