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 ...

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 ...

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 National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged beachgoers to exercise caution during this full moon spring tide, which peaked from December 4. According to the NSRI, this natural phenomenon occurs ...

The tide goes in, the tide goes out... and we can explain that! This week, we’re exploring that slow ebb and flow across the globe. * As gradual as those rises and falls can be, they’re impressive in ...

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.

The "King Tides" are on the way! From Nov. 15-17, the next King Tide event will return to the Bay Area. King Tides, also known as Spring Tides, are naturally occurring and predictable events revolving ...

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 ...