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Portland Pier was submerged, by water from the Fore River, which is a regular occurrence for that pier. [1] The pier floods with any tide 12 feet (3.7 m) or higher. [6]Water also breached Commercial Street at Chandler's Wharf, [7] and Maine State Pier, which was completely submerged.
In Hampton on Sunday, tides are expected to surge roughly 12.4 feet high around noon, according to meteorologist Jon Palmer. In Portland, Maine, tides could reach 13.7 feet.
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."
Another significant high tide hit the southern Maine coast Sunday, swamping roadways, destroying dunes and flooding private properties. “Some damage was different, and some where temporary ...
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.
The Kennebec runs past the shipbuilding center of Bath, and has its mouth at the Gulf of Maine in the Atlantic Ocean. The Southern Kennebec flows below the fall line and does not have rapids. As a consequence, ocean tides and saltwater fish species, such as the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon , can go upriver affecting the ecology as far north as ...
Tidal flooding, also known as sunny day flooding [1] or nuisance flooding, [2] is the temporary inundation of low-lying areas, especially streets, during exceptionally high tide events, such as at full and new moons. The highest tides of the year may be known as the king tide, with the month varying by location. These kinds of floods tend not ...
Into this weekend, the persistent winds will raise tide levels, cause rough surf and strong rip currents and may lead to beach erosion along Florida's east coast. Because of the duration of the ...