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Seawater from a king tide covering a beach parking lot around a lifeguard tower at sunrise, with three people watching from a seawall.

San Diego’s Near-Record Tide on Sunday Was an El Niño Surge, Not Just a King Tide

The NOAA tide gauge at San Diego read 8.14 feet at 8:54 a.m. on Sunday against a predicted 6.68, about an inch under the station’s all-time…

By Mark Masterson · 4d ago · 3 min read

Weather & Environment

San Diego’s Near-Record Tide on Sunday Was an El Niño Surge, Not Just a King Tide

Hurricane Isaias Makes Landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a 105 MPH Category 2 Storm

7.7 Earthquake Hits Southern Panama and Topples a Cathedral Tower

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Chiba Got Three Times Its August Rain in Half a Day, and Japan Had Never Sent That Alert There Before

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The Midwest Derecho Set Off Every Alert It Was Built to Trigger, and Three People Still Died

The Bald Range Fire Made Its Own Lightning, and British Columbia Emptied Two Towns Overnight

Portland, Seattle and Boise Are Under Smoke Advisories From Fires Most Residents Cannot See

Police Stopped the Old Trails Fire Suspect Saturday With Matches in His Pocket. The Arrest Took Two Days.

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A Heat Dome Is Baking the Central U.S. This Weekend, and 80 Million People Are in Its Path