How do hurricanes bring 10ft of water with them? Where is it taking the water from?

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Obviously with Hurricane Ida coming it’s all over the news. They’re saying storm surges could be several feet. I understand if it breaks a dam or a levy how the water can get that high. But how can a Hurricane bring so much water inland?

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There is also the condition that the biometric pressure is so low with in the storm that it raises the sea level – that much energy is mind boggling

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