Hurricanes they're no laughing matter it can take people months or years to fullyrecover.
Deadly hurricane
   Imagine what it's like for underwater creatures with a surplus of gills and a deficit of opposable thumbs you know like fish now people normally snap to attention and take shelter as a storm approaches land but the storms spend most of their time out at sea.

sharks have even organs known as lateral lines which allow them to detect the changes in barometric pressure accompanying severe storms these long fluid-filled tubes are similar in form and function to a human's inner ear and are extremely sensitive to vibrations in the water this is how sharks can hear the thrashing of injured prey through hundreds of feet of water. It also acts as an effective early warning system like the National Weather Service for oceanic carnivores when they sense a hurricane or tropical storm approaching sharks respond by moving into deeper water only returning to their usual territory once the danger is passed.
 There's evidence that
other fish species may be able to sense the pressure changes as well
dolphins are another large aquatic species able to sense approaching storms dolphins can detect approaching storms based on how much salt is in the water around them.

force winds blow across the water to create waves these waves get bigger the more when they catch and catch more wind the bigger they get as this cycle continues the water beneath the waves starts to move in a circular motion this pulls on the water just below it until another circle forms soon more form below that one the hoops get smaller and smaller until they cease entirely.
These rapid motions disturb the sediment kicking up lots of sand rocks and even the occasional shipwreck. All this flying debris is terrible for the local wildlife anything that isn't fast or mobile enough to get out of the way is going to find itself in serious trouble. Slow movers like sea horses are similarly jeopardized crustaceans don't fare much better and neither do sea turtles or stationary mammals such as sponges oysters and sea cucumbers.
The dust clogging their gills and
the swirling motion often deprives the water of oxygen these same motions can also pull in the saltier water from deeper parts of the ocean and many coastal fish aren't adapted to survive in such an environment .

one of the most important to any ocean ecosystem can you guess what it is it's the first sea creature   it's coral yep that weird rock plant is actually a massive colony of tiny invertebrates and these wonders of organic architecture are the centerpiece for a multitude of marine habitats
hurricanes are an all-around bad thing for most aquatic life for that matterthey're a terrible thing for any organism.
Due to pollution and other factors the damage just isn't being repaired quickly enough as many creatures find themselves robbed of their habitats literally overnight well that's a sad note to end on so let's not end on it there is a ray of hope for the continued existence of marine habitats people have been taking notice and artificial reefs have been popping up around the world for quite some time there are plenty of human-made objects that can double as fish and crustacean habitats and eventually become the foundation for a coral reef structure very often the reefs began as repurposed garbage with old ships and derelict oil rigs being among the most popular choices the object in question will be sunk in a strategic location along an ocean current the current carries plankton to  the structure which attracts small fish like minnows and sardines in turn these attract larger fish such as tuna and sharks as well as medium-sized creatures looking for a place to hide over the following years the structure becomes encrusted with barnacles and corals and just like that almost before you know it a new coral reef is born now artificial reefs don't always work as intended.
local fishing industry while finding an environmentally friendly way to dispose of millions of discarded tires the tires were secured with a combination of steel and nylon cables and anchored to the seabed by a circle of large concrete blocks while things went well at first no steps were taken to make sure the steel cables wouldn't rust which they did a few tropical storms leader millions of tires wound up spread across hundreds of miles of coastline Osborn reef might be the simultaneous poster child for unintended consequences still there are plenty of successful attempts at reef building around the world.