Rip currents are the deadliest of surf-zone dangers, making up the majority of deaths among beach swimmers every year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Rip currents were found to cause 81.9% of rescues on surf beaches. It's possible that more than 100 fatal drownings per year occur due to them.

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 can last anywhere from five seconds to five minutes. Gill said to look for those red flags that signal high water hazards, and always swim in front of a lifeguard.

Lake Michigan is especially prone to rip currents, which are powerful currents of water moving away from the shore, and they can sweep even the strongest swimmer away from shore. According to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Drowning experts are hopeful the public can learn from late actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner‘s untimely death. “If you get caught in a rip current number one is: don’t panic. Allow the rip current ...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death Sunday occurred after he went swimming at a Costa Rican beach where he somehow missed, or ignored, multiple signs warning about “rip currents here all year round ...

Rip currents are the deadliest of surf-zone dangers, making up the majority of deaths among beach swimmers every year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Since ...

Rip currents are the deadliest of surf-zone dangers, making up the majority of deaths among beach swimmers every year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.