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, SC (WMBF) - Why do have highs and low tides everyday? Meteorologist explains why we have tides and what factors can affect tide heights. The reason why we have tides is all thanks to the ...

Karenia brevis is a naturally occurring, single-celled organism belonging to a group of algae called dinoflagellates. Large concentrations can discolor water red to brown, causing blooms to be called ...

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 ...

Floridians, brace yourself — spring break is almost here, which means hundreds of thousands visitors flocking to our beautiful beaches. However, regardless of if you're a native Floridian or a ...

Interop tides ebb and flow, and at this spring’s Interop it is neap tide for cloud computing–bad guys continue to force the tide up for security solutions–and green themes are welling up and promise ...

Red tide is caused by a naturally occurring organism called Karenia brevis, which can discolor water and release toxins. While red tide is more common in warmer months, it can occur year-round and ...

A king tide is bringing coastal flooding risks to the Myrtle Beach area this week as the full moon prepares to rise over the Grand Strand on Monday night. The king tide, also called a perigean spring ...