Why is landfall marked and counted down to when the eye of the hurricane hits, when it seems all the damaging parts are not the eye at all?
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The landfall estimate is for the center of the hurricane’s eye. Why the center? Because that’s where the pressure is the lowest, which produces the highest storm surge (the intense low pressure literally pulls up the base line level of water, so now “sea level” is normal sea level plus 5-20 feet). This is also surrounded by the strongest winds, which, when paired with the storm surge, is the source of the most damage.
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