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

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

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 ...

How to identify rip currents and what to do if you're caught in one The greatest danger lurking in the waves at the beach this summer isn't a shark — it's a rip current. About 100 people drown ...

While difficult to identify when in the water, lifeguards have an advantage in spotting rip currents, looking down from a height and spotting telltale signs a swimmer can’t see.

Rip currents can happen on any beach where waves are breaking, and form when waves travel from deep to shallow water, often along low spots of breaks in sandbars, or near structures like docks and ...

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

“You may see a discoloration in the water. So, if the water is kind of a bluish green, that rip current may actually have more of a brown color too, because it’s pulling sediment out.” ...

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

Each year, nearly 100 people drown from rip currents along the U.S. coastlines, according to the United States Lifesaving Association, and over a third of these fatalities happen during the months of ...

If you see someone else caught in a rip, take 10 seconds to assess the situation. “Especially parents will rush in and they’re already panicking,” Brander says.