If high tide levels of 5 feet 3 inches above sea level are confirmed, they'll be the city's highest since 1979.

如果海平面以上的高潮水位被确定高于海平面5英尺3英寸，这将是自1979年以来的最高水位。

Much of the area saw devastating storm surges of 15 to 20 feet above normal tide levels.

该地区大部分地区出现了比正常潮位高出 15 至 20 英尺的毁灭性风暴潮。

According to the National Hurricane Center, storm surge flooding measured 10 to 28 feet above normal tide levels.

据国家飓风中心称，风暴潮洪水比正常潮位高出 10 至 28 英尺。

Winds speeds of between 96 and 110 miles per hour and a storm surge of ocean water as high as 11 feet over normal tide levels.

每小时风速在96到110英里之间，风暴潮的海水高度比正常潮位高出11英尺。

The large white pebbles slid maliciously under his feet, and the rare patches of sand, being about tide level, were soft and yielding.

大块的白色鹅卵石在他脚下恶狠狠地滑着， 罕见的几块沙子， 大约在潮水高度， 柔软易变形。

And its storm surge, the rise in sea water levels blown ashore by a hurricane, was expected to be six to nine feet higher than normal tide levels.

它的风暴潮——因飓风导致的海平面上升，预计将比正常潮位高出六到九英尺。