Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water — often moving at speeds faster than an Olympic swimmer ...

Rip currents off the coast of New Hampshire last week resulted in dozens of rescues on Hampton Beach. Lifeguards at the ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WPDE) — The National Weather Service reported 50 rip current rescues in Wrightsville Beach area on ...

Hampton Beach lifeguards sprang into action, rescuing 144 swimmers in one week as unexpected flash rip currents stirred up ...

More than 100 people were rescued in a week at Hampton Beach due to flash rip currents. Patrick Murphy, chief of the New Hampshire State Beach Patrol, said that roughly 144 people were rescued over ...

Hurricane Erin remains far offshore, but its effects are already being felt along the Maryland coast. Officials in Ocean City ...

Rip currents were found to cause 81.9% of rescues on surf beaches. It's possible that more than 100 fatal drownings per year occur due to them.

Hurricane Erin is making its way north through the Atlantic Ocean bringing dangerous conditions to the Virginia coast. Though ...

Schall said on Sunday the city had around 56 rescues alone because of rip current conditions. "That's high for us right now with the water the way it is right now it's been very rough, a lot of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — First responders are warning swimmers and surfers of an increased risk of dangerous rip currents in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The National Weather Service ...

LONG BEACH, New York (WABC) -- The ocean at Long Beach is temporarily closed to swimmers due to extreme rip currents, after one person died and another needed to be rescued Monday.

Edisto Beach, S.C. (WCBD) – Rip currents are extremely dangerous and can be hard to spot. Given this, the Town of Edisto Beach has installed new rip current warning signs, as a new initiative… ...