Northeast US Hit With a Meteotsunami

The Northeast Meteotsunami Spread From Boston to Delaware
The powerful thunderstorms that rocked the Northeast on Tuesday produced a weather phenomenon known as a “meteotsunami,” meteorologists said.

Accuweather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski told The New York Post that the meteotsunami extended from southern Connecticut all the way down to Delaware, resulting in the fluctuation of the sea surface.
What is a meteotsunami?
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “unlike tsunamis triggered by seismic activity, meteotsunamis are driven by air-pressure disturbances often associated with fast-moving weather events, such as severe thunderstorms, squalls, and other storm fronts.

“The storm generates a wave that moves towards the shore, and is amplified by a shallow continental shelf and inlet, bay, or other coastal feature.”
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