What causes the ocean to swell? It's not just the Moon that has a gravitational pull on spring tides. The Earth’s gravitational force pulls the waves down, thus resulting in high and low tides. A ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The WMBF First Alert Weather team gave you the First Alert to Spring Tides this week, which could cause some minor flooding for parts of the Grand Strand. But what makes ...

Seasonal king tides are forecast to bring coastal flooding to the Bay Area from Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. The National Weather ...

FORT LAUDERDALE - Spring tide rolled into Fort Lauderdale bringing minor flooding threats and, if rain falls soon, the potential to impact drainage in some areas hit with record flooding last week.

King tides are the highest tides of the year, but scientists have a different name for them: perigean spring tides. The name doesn't refer to the season of the year — along the California coast, the ...

The high tide that floods South Florida streets this time of year are known within the scientific community as a spring tide, although another popular term is king tide, which is not tied to any ...

The National Sea Rescue Institute issued a spring tide warning along the national coastline this weekend. According to Craig Lambinon, spokesman for NSRI, the monthly full moon spring tide peaks with ...

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WMBF) - The Spring Tide clean up, a staple event in Murrells Inlet, is making its return this weekend. In its thirty-third year, the event has become South Carolina’s largest ...

Tides go out, then come back in again, but the boat blocking the Suez Canal still won't budge. Monday, however, will bring an unusually high tide, called a "spring" tide, to the canal. It's expected ...