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The beach is north of Prouts Neck and Old Orchard Beach and south of Crescent Beach State Park. This northeast-southwest trending beach measures approximately 0.6 miles (1.0 km) and is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Portland and 110 miles (177 km) north of Boston.
Residents monitor seaside homes at Higgins Beach in Scarborough during the Jan. 13 storm, as waves threaten. Real estate agents are coming to terms with how to market coastal properties as ...
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Images from the Sunday storm show flying ocean spray at high tide, flooded backyards and front yards, and the ocean barreling down a seaside street. Kennebunk, York beaches sustain more damage ...
Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's progression around the Earth-Moon barycenter. Tidal range depends on time and location.
Waves were already starting to splash over the seawall two hours before high tide at 12:19 p.m. The storm surge, officials said, was "2.5 to 3 feet, with inundation of 1 to 3.5 feet."
The 2024 Portland flood was caused by heavy rainfall, an astronomical high tide, and high winds in Portland, Maine.It occurred, across coastal central Maine, on January 13, 2024, [1] causing severe flooding, especially in Portland's Old Port district and around Back Cove. [2]
Low tide at Bangchuidao scenic area, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China Low tide at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California, U.S. Low tide at Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. (2014) The changing distance separating the Moon and Earth also affects tide heights. When the Moon is closest, at perigee, the range increases, and when it is at apogee, the range ...