Evacuations were the focus of the National Tropical Weather Conference in South Padre Wednesday

As storms come ashore, they push water inland, creating a damaging storm surge.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Meteorologists, hurricane experts and emergency operations managers met in Texas to get ready for the upcoming hurricane season.

Much of the conversation on Wednesday centered around evacuations and the need to be much more focused and specific about who would need to evacuate and when. That evacuation discussion is largely centered around storm surge. That's the part of the storm that can be the most dangerous for those living along the coastline, bays and bayous.

This year, the National Hurricane Center is utilizing new technology to help better predict not only the intensity of storm surge but also what areas could be impacted more.

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