King tides, the highest tides of the year, will come to Puget Sound this week. King tides occur when the Earth, moon and sun align and gravity causes unusually high tides. The high tide in Seattle was ...

King tides are expected to hit parts of Washington state, including Olympia and Bellingham. The unusually high tides are a “dramatic feature of Washington winters,” Washington Sea Grant said in a ...

Sometimes Mother Nature offers tantalizing insights into mystery worlds we seldom see. Such is the case when the Earth, sun and moon align to briefly create dramatic tidal swings that fluctuate ...