A Somerville, Massachusetts, youth hockey team was rescued earlier this week after a boat they were on ran aground on Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor. At around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the boat ran ...

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Boston's Long Wharf saw higher than average tides Wednesday afternoon thanks to a natural phenomenon referred to generally, and unscientifically, as king tides. These higher-than-normal high tides, ...

A “king tide” made its presence known Friday afternoon as the ocean waters spilled into roads, wharfs and parking lots, causing some flooding in Boston and other parts of coastal New England. A full ...

The cleanest public beaches around Boston Harbor are Pleasure Bay and City Point in South Boston. That’s according to an annual report card from the nonprofit Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. The group ...

When the moon is closest to Earth and there’s a new or full moon, the sun, moon and Earth line up, causing an extra-strong pull to create an extra-high tide. King tides are two to four feet higher ...

Boston is experiencing a natural phenomenon called king tide, which brings an unusually high tide to the coastal areas. But as StormTeam 5 meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalise explains, this occasional ...

BOSTON - The water quality at some Boston-area beaches has dropped in the past year after a deluge of rain, but an environmental group says local swimming spots can still claim to be "the cleanest ...