A king tide is bringing coastal flooding risks to the Myrtle Beach area this week as the full moon prepares to rise over the Grand Strand on Monday night.
The king tide, also called a perigean spring tide, occurs when the moon comes closest to the earth during a full or new moon, according to meteorologist Adam Weiner with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina.
In the Myrtle Beach area, these unusually high tides are most common in the fall, when the moon’s orbit makes its closest approach to the earth, Weiner explained…