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More than a dozen lifeguards raced into the surf and rescued 20 children from a rip current last week after the sudden collapse of a sandbar arou ...
While the talk may be centered around a hurricane, rip current dangers increase during warmer months, from April to October.
For instance, some rip currents, known as "flash rips," happen quickly and without warning. These can happen even if the weather is nice, explained Mark Jamieson, the patrol captain of the beach ...
Rip hazard index describes the risk posed by one of the deadliest coastal hazards, in effort to make beaches safer.
NJ rip currents claimed a life in Seaside Heights as hundreds of rescues were reported across the Jersey Shore.
While no hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean so far this season, the ocean will see three to five named storms before the end of the month.
At 82, Ed Kiziukiewicz still patrols the ocean water as a lifeguard in Bay Head, work he has done every summer since 1962.
Hurricane Erin is fueling powerful rip currents along the East Coast, forcing dozens of rescues and beach closures from the ...
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 ...
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 to ...
But the first Atlantic hurricane of the season is drifting away from the continent and will soon be downgraded.
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… ...