The Atlantic is very wide and has a huge tidal range, meaning that a great mass of water rises there twice a day. The Mediterranean is by comparison very small, with very little tidal range. The two ...

High pressure centered over New Mexico will stay in place through Tuesday. As a result, expect very little change through Friday, with temperatures just below normal and a coastal marine layer. Update ...

Officials reported mild to moderate surges at the Ventura Harbor. The tsunami advisory was lifted around 5:30 a.m. Authorities lifted a tsunami advisory for Ventura County early Wednesday but ...

Thankfully, the tsunami advisory that was put out late Tuesday into Wednesday for Santa Cruz County coastal areas did not mean any major damage to low-lying areas — including the Santa Cruz Harbor, ...

Much of the West Coast of the U.S. is under tsunami alerts, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck eastern Russia and sent powerful waves into Japan, Hawaii, California and counting ...

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