How can a hurricane reverse the flow of massive rivers?

Question

Using Ida reversing the Mississippi as an example, sounds pretty insane to me.

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

It happens almost twice a day, every day. To be specific, high tide occurs roughly every 12 hours and 25 minutes. During high tide, tidal rivers flow backwards as the oceanic water level overcomes the river’s flow and the estuary is forced further back into the riverbed.

Now, the hurricane is tidal forces on steroids and can push the flow of the river much further back into the riverbed.