Hurricane Erin is expected to bring life-threatening rip currents and high surf to New York and New Jersey shores for the ...

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

High Surf Advisory is in effect through Thursday, with the risk of dangerous rip currents stretching across local beaches.

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

With Hurricane Erin's potential impact on the East Coast by way of possible rip currents, it's important to know how to identify rough surf and stay safe in the water. According to AccuWeather ...

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

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

A rip current is a strong channel of water flowing away from the beach that poses a danger to swimmers. According to the United States Lifesaving Association, rip currents account for 80% of ...

Rip currents don’t pull swimmers under; they pull them away from shore. The Rising Tide Effect, a water education nonprofit, emphasizes that 95% of rip current fatalities are preventable with ...

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 week. About ...

On Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then ...

Hurricane Erin is entering the first stages of a post-tropical transition as it continues to move away from the eastern coast ...