The tidal bore that rockets up the Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage can carry a surfer for an hour; it can also kill. Now that the secret is out, how long will authorities allow surfers to catch the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The biggest bore tide of the summer roared into Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Here a kayaker ...

The death of a bore tide surfer in Turnagain Arm's powerful currents last weekend is highlighting unresolved concerns about the challenge of rescuing growing numbers of people attracted by ...

The bore tide is a natural phenomenon that occurs in narrow channels when the leading edge of an incoming tide clashes with the flow of an outgoing tide, colliding and causing a wave. Bore tides can ...

GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) — The full moon and its alignment with the sun combined to send a short wall of water rushing back into a narrow Alaska inlet, creating the largest bore tide this year and an ...