French Atlantic coast braced for giant tide

[WorldNews]

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By Hortense de Roffignac MONT SAINT MICHEL, France (Reuters) - France's North Atlantic coast was experiencing its first giant tide of the millennium on Saturday as the full moon and this week's solar eclipse combined to help create an ocean surge not seen there since 1997. At the picturesque Mont Saint Michel island where some of the biggest tides in the world occur, visitors gathered to watch the sea disappear from sight, exposing areas visible only every 18 years, before returning at pace. France's National Hydrographic Service was expecting to measure more than 14 meters (15.3 yards) between low water on Saturday afternoon and high water in the evening around the famous Abbey-topped rock off France's northwest coast.

 

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