A supermoon’s intensified gravitational pull can make tides higher.
A supermoon is expected to make tidal flooding worse not only in Florida, but in states such as Georgia and South Carolina
The moon will be closest to Earth on Wednesday night, the same day Idalia is expected to make landfall in Florida. “I would say the timing is pretty bad for this one,” said Brian Haines, the meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service office in Charleston, South Carolina. When the moon is full, the sun and the moon are pulling in the same direction, which has the effect of increasing tides above normal ranges, said Kerry Emanuel, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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