"Before the hurricane, the rush of people leaving New Orleans for Baton Rouge was as mighty as the storm surge that was approaching with the wind." This sentence is an example of personification.

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The sentence uses a simile (comparing the rush of people to the storm surge with "as mighty as") rather than personification, which would attribute human qualities to non-human entities.

"Before the Hurricane, the Rush of People Leaving New Orleans