Experts advise those caught in a rip current to 'flip, float, and follow' the current until it weakens, then swim perpendicular to shore. Hurricane Erin remains offshore as it moves northward along ...

Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is ...

There are an estimated 300,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide, according to WHO. That comes out to an average of 822 people ...

“Rip currents can be killers,” a webpage on rip currents provided by Manchester-by-the-Sea reads. “The United States ...

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

The age-old advice had been to swim parallel to the sand until you escape the rip current, which is usually less than 80 feet wide, according to NOAA.

It’s nearly impossible to fight a rip current directly, and many swimmers who get in trouble tire themselves out trying to ...

Here are some things to know about rip currents: Rip currents are narrow columns of water flowing rapidly away from the beach ...

While the talk may be centered around a hurricane, rip current dangers increase during warmer months, from April to October.

Rip currents can sweep away even the strongest swimmers. Rescues can quickly turn to tragedy when a rescuer gets caught in the current.

Officials said a 17-year-old boy was pronounced dead following a drowning incident at Hampton Beach as dangerous rip currents ...

Those are listed below. Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz emphasized the ocean swim ban: "We don't want anyone in the ocean." Despite the center of Hurricane Erin staying hundreds of miles from the ...