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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as "spring tide" crashed into coastal parts of South Africa over the weekend, leaving two people dead and injuring several, authorities said Monday. The ...

Towering spring tides yesterday flooded three villages on the West Coast Demerara, destroying houses, smashing 75 feet of the Uitvlugt sea defence, drowning livestock and displacing patients of the ...

CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal parts of South Africa over the weekend, leaving two people dead and ...

A soggy, blustery stretch is lining up for the Bay Area this week, with forecasters calling for rain to roll in by midweek ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — King tides are expected to return to San Diego’s coastline this weekend, thanks to the gravitational forces of the moon and sun. Put simply, king tides are a result of how far ...

SEATTLE — Western Washington fell victim to a double whammy of a king tide and heavy rainfall Tuesday morning, which led to lowland flooding from Anacortes to Olympia. So, what are king tides? King ...