On August 19 Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then veer northeast over the open Atlantic Ocean. Although the storm’s ...

If the wind is blowing steadily toward the shore, the risk of rip currents increases, but other factors and features can also make them more likely. They are not always easy to spot, so these are said ...

Rip currents are dangerous and potentially life-threatening for beachgoers — and can be more dangerous than sharks. “Rip currents can be killers,” a webpage on rip currents provided by ...

The City of Wildwood and the Wildwood Beach Patrol have issued an urgent alert telling people to not swim in the water due to the impacts of Hurricane Erin. The alert, sent out Monday night, is in ...

A system linked to Hurricane Erin is expected to bring higher surf and dangerous rip currents to South Florida in the coming days, with Broward County beaches facing the greatest risk, according to ...

Hurricane Erin is barreling along the Atlantic seaboard and bringing with it dangerously high water levels, waves and rip currents. The safest move is to avoid the water altogether, but knowing what ...

BOSTON (AP) — Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this ...

Update: Find our latest story on Hurricane Gabrielle here. Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to become a hurricane Sunday and though forecasters do not expect it to come anywhere near the U.S. East ...

Even on a beautiful beach day, dangerous rip currents can be present, and knowing how to spot them could save your life. A rip current is a powerful, narrow channel of fast-moving water that flows ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. On Monday at 7:58 p.m. the NWS ...