The environmental and socio-economic importance of coastal areas is widely recognized, but at present

these areas face severe weaknesses and high-risk situations. The increased demand and growing human

occupation of coastal zones have greatly contributed to exacerbating such weaknesses. Today,

throughout the world, in all countries with coastal regions, episodes of waves overtopping and coastal

flooding are frequent. These episodes are usually responsible for property losses and often put human

lives at risk. The floods are caused by coastal storms primarily due to the action of very strong winds. The

propagation of these storms towards the coast induces high water levels. It is expected that climate

change phenomena will contribute to the intensification of coastal storms. In this context, an estimation

of coastal flooding hazards is of paramount importance for the planning and management of coastal

zones. Consequently, carrying out a series of storm scenarios and analyzing their impacts through numerical

modeling is of prime interest to coastal decision-makers. Firstly, throughout this work, historical

storm tracks and intensities are characterized for the northeastern region of United States coast, in terms

of probability of occurrence. Secondly, several storm events with high potential of occurrence are

generated using a specific tool of DelftDashboard interface for Delft3D software. Hydrodynamic models

are then used to generate ensemble simulations to assess storms' effects on coastal water levels. For the

United States’ northeastern coast, a highly refined regional domain is considered surrounding the area of

The Battery, New York, situated in New York Harbor. Based on statistical data of numerical modeling

results, a review of the impact of coastal storms to different locations within the study area is performed.