Tropical Storm Idalia continued to bring heavy rains ... Beyond making for a pretty spectacle in the night sky, the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth has a profound influence on the planet ...

Coastal areas in southeast Queensland and northeast NSW are already being hammered by huge waves and abnormally high tides, ...

The storm itself started as an extra-tropical low system off the coast of ... with tides running 14 feet above normal because of the full moon combined with the ferocious storm.