How the Weather Channel made that insane storm surge animation

Wired:

At a certain point, you think you have a good grasp of what to expect from weather graphics. A color-coded map, a five-day forecast with a sassy cloud. Which might be why the Weather Channel’s 3-D, room-encompassing depiction of the Hurricane Florence storm surge took so many by surprise. It doesn’t tell, it shows, more bracingly than you’d think would be possible on a meteorological update. Here’s how they did it.

If you haven’t seen the graphic yet, take a moment to watch the segment below.

I saw this on Twitter when it happened last week and was blown away. Really interesting to read how the Weather Channel pulled it off.