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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As spring inches closer to summer, beach-going Pacific Northwesterners might notice Puget Sound tides inching farther out, ...

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 ...

King tide is a non-scientific term for an exceptionally high tide. They’re also sometimes referred to as perigean spring tides. The water level of a king tide will be significantly higher than other ...

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 ...

King tide is back, South Florida, so don’t put away your galoshes yet. Annoying street flooding will test your patience for the next few days as water crashes over seawalls and bubbles up through ...

As spring inches closer to summer, beach-going Pacific Northwesterners might notice Puget Sound tides inching farther out, exposing more of the sea floor during the day. Thanks to Earth's 23.5-degree ...